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  1. A comparative study of CIBSE TM65 and alternative methods for quantifying embodied greenhouse gas emissions of HVAC equipment

    Article • Energy and Buildings, February 2026, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  2. A hybrid database of embodied environmental flow coefficients for HVAC distribution systems

    Article • Energy and Buildings, February 2026, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  3. Advancing housing retrofit: A framework for early-stage evaluation of material circularity, lifecycle emissions, and energy performance

    Article • December 2025, Architectural Science Association

    Robert Crawford

  4. Comparing the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of mass timber and conventional construction for a mid-rise apartment building in Melbourne

    Article • December 2025, Architectural Science Association

    Robert Crawford

  5. Embodied emissions of hempcrete wall systems in residential buildings: A comparative case study from Australia

    Article • December 2025, Architectural Science Association

    Robert Crawford

  6. Evaluating the operational and embodied emission trade-offs of energy retrofitting two residential building typologies

    Article • December 2025, Architectural Science Association

    Robert Crawford

  7. Life cycle embodied greenhouse gas emissions of new residential buildings in Uganda: A case study

    Article • December 2025, Architectural Science Association

    Robert Crawford

  8. Life Cycle Analysis of Particleboard Made of Corn Stalk and Citric Acid at Laboratory Scale

    Article • Applied Sciences, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Robert Crawford

  9. Constructing a life cycle inventory of Spodumene concentrate production: Greenbushes case, Western Australia

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, March 2025, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  10. Towards sustainable urban energy solutions: A multi-dimensional assessment framework for fifth-generation district heating and cooling systems

    Article • Energy and Buildings, January 2025, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  11. Towards a Holistic Assessment of Circular Economy Strategies: Introducing the 9R Index and Closed-Loop Index

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Crawford

  12. Exploring the use phase social impacts of smart heating, ventilation and air conditioning control systems: A scoping review

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Crawford

  13. Comparing the life cycle costs of a traditional and a smart HVAC control system for Australian office buildings

    Article • Journal of Building Engineering, August 2024, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  14. Life cycle assessment of lithium carbonate production: Comparing sedimentary deposits

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, August 2024, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  15. Towards a holistic assessment of circular economy strategies: The 9R circularity index

    Article • Sustainable Production and Consumption, June 2024, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  16. Integrating life cycle assessment into the building design process—a review

    Article • Environmental Research Infrastructure and Sustainability, April 2024, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Robert Crawford

  17. Life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions of a traditional and a smart HVAC control system for Australian office buildings

    Article • Journal of Building Engineering, April 2024, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  18. Life cycle environmental benchmarks for Flemish dwellings

    Article • Environmental Research Infrastructure and Sustainability, January 2024, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Robert Crawford

  19. EPiC grasshopper: A bottom-up parametric tool to quantify life cycle embodied environmental flows of buildings and infrastructure assets

    Article • Building and Environment, January 2024, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  20. Demonstrating circular life cycle sustainability assessment – a case study of recycled carbon concrete

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, December 2023, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  21. Circular life cycle sustainability assessment: An integrated framework

    Article • Journal of Industrial Ecology, November 2023, Wiley

    Robert Crawford

  22. Exploring the environmental assessment of circular economy in the construction industry: A scoping review

    Article • Sustainable Production and Consumption, November 2023, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  23. Assessing the social life cycle impacts of circular economy

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, February 2023, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  24. Investigating the Embodied Energy of Wall Assembly with Various Material Service Life Scenarios

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Crawford

  25. Embodied and Operational Energy of a Case Study Villa in UAE with Sensitivity Analysis

    Article • Buildings, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Robert Crawford

  26. Hybrid life cycle assessment at the neighbourhood scale: The case of Ydalir, Norway

    Article • Cleaner Engineering and Technology, June 2022, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  27. Guest editorial: Smart villages, rural infrastructure and sustainable development

    Article • Built Environment Project and Asset Management, May 2022, Emerald

    Robert Crawford

  28. Towards a multiscale framework for modeling and improving the life cycle environmental performance of built stocks

    Article • Journal of Industrial Ecology, April 2022, Wiley

    Robert Crawford

  29. Greenhouse gas emissions associated with food packaging for online food delivery services in Australia

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, May 2021, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  30. The “building paradox”: research on building-related environmental effects requires global visibility and attention

    Article • Emerald Open Research, August 2020, Emerald

    Robert Crawford

  31. The influence of structural design methods on the embodied greenhouse gas emissions of structural systems for tall buildings

    Article • Structures, April 2020, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  32. Integrating life-cycle GHG emissions into a building’s economic evaluation

    Article • Buildings and Cities, January 2020, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Robert Crawford

  33. A model for streamlining and automating path exchange hybrid life cycle assessment

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Crawford

  34. Plug n Play: Future Prefab for Smart Green Schools

    Article • Buildings, July 2018, MDPI AG

    Robert Crawford, Ajibade AIBINU

  35. A framework for the integrated optimisation of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions and cost of buildings

    Article • Energy and Buildings, July 2018, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  36. The Australian industrial ecology virtual laboratory and multi-scale assessment of buildings and construction

    Article • Energy and Buildings, April 2018, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford, Professor Thomas Oliver Wiedmann

  37. The relationship between house size and life cycle energy demand: Implications for energy efficiency regulations for buildings

    Article • Energy, December 2016, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  38. Directionally selective shading control in maritime sub-tropical and temperate climates: Life cycle energy implications for office buildings

    Article • Building and Environment, August 2016, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  39. Building service life and its effect on the life cycle embodied energy of buildings

    Article • Energy, January 2015, Elsevier

    Robert Crawford

  40. A comprehensive life cycle water analysis framework for residential buildings

    Article • Building Research & Information, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    André Stephan, Robert Crawford