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{"title":"A BIM-based integrated framework for building sustainability assessment in India: Framework development, implementation, and climate sensitivity analysis","authors":"M.J. Mohammad Nasir ,&nbsp;Mayank Suman ,&nbsp;P. Ravi Prakash","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108318","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108318","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The building sector consumes vast resources and energy, contributing significantly to environmental degradation. Addressing these challenges requires Building Sustainability Assessment (BSA) methods such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), and Green Building Rating Systems (GBRSs). This paper presents a BIM-BSA framework in the Indian context, integrating Building Information Modeling (BIM) with LCA, LCCA, and the GRIHA-2019 and IGBC rating systems. Dynamo scripting extracts data from BIM models, while Excel VBA macros process it to calculate environmental impacts, life cycle costs, and GBRS scores. The framework also establishes a systematic mapping of GRIHA-2019 and IGBC appraisal/credit points across life cycle phases and sustainability criteria (procedural, environmental, economic, social, and innovation). The framework is validated with an office building in northwestern India, including uncertainty analysis of BSA parameters. Results highlight that the operational phase is the major contributor to environmental impacts and life cycle costs. The building’s performance in the GRIHA-2019 and IGBC rating systems is evaluated against the combined lens of LCA and LCCA, a perspective that has been limited in prior literature. Discrepancies are observed between the life cycle distribution of LCA impacts and environmental credit allocations in both GBRSs. Climate sensitivity analysis across five Indian climate zones reveals significant variation in life cycle impacts and costs, while GBRS scores remain nearly unchanged, highlighting limited climate responsiveness. The framework culminates in a comprehensive BSA in the Indian context, providing a decision-support system for evaluating sustainable building design strategies, and also identifies certain limitations in the GRIHA-2019 and IGBC rating systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"118 ","pages":"Article 108318"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145880125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An impact assessment and decision support tool for geothermal projects in Aotearoa","authors":"Nona Taute ,&nbsp;Te Kipa Kēpa Brian Morgan ,&nbsp;Jason Ingham ,&nbsp;Rosalind Archer ,&nbsp;Tumanako Fa'aui","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108273","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108273","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In Aotearoa, geothermal resource management requires assessing sustainability trends across environmental, cultural, social, and economic dimensions, as mandated by legislation. While triple-bottom-line approaches are well-established for evaluating environmental, social, and economic impacts, cultural impacts are typically assessed separately. This report introduces a novel decision-support tool that integrates all four dimensions, offering a comprehensive quadruple-bottom-line impact assessment specifically for the geothermal industry. The tool adapts the Mauri Model Decision Making Framework, traditionally used for engineering projects, by identifying a transferable set of indicators tailored to geothermal developments in the Central North Island.</div><div>The tool was developed through a combination of mātauranga Māori and Western knowledge, employing diverse research methodologies. Cultural indicators and thresholds were informed by over 16 h of wānanga (collaborative workshops) with Māori participants and augmented by literature reviews, as detailed in Taute, Morgan (<span><span>Taute et al., 2022</span></span>; <span><span>Taute et al., 2023</span></span>). Environmental, social, and economic indicators were developed through participatory action research, including consultations with 14 industry professionals from organisations such as GNS Science, the New Zealand Geothermal Association, and major geothermal companies. Over 500 potential indicators were reviewed, with expert feedback refining the final indicator set and thresholds for industry alignment. The final set contained 112 indicators with thresholds. This tool ensures that cultural impacts are systematically evaluated together with conventional sustainability metrics, addressing a critical gap in geothermal impact assessments. It offers a robust framework for holistic decision-making in geothermal resource management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"118 ","pages":"Article 108273"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145614941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Decoding the indirect impacts of built-up area expansion on habitat quality through cropland displacement","authors":"Qiaoling Luo ,&nbsp;Youcheng Chu ,&nbsp;Junfang Zhou ,&nbsp;Xiangyun Zeng ,&nbsp;Zhen Qi","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108338","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108338","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>China's Requisition-Compensation Balance of Farmland (RCBF) policy mandates the reclamation of new cropland to offset productivity losses caused by built-up area expansion (BAE). This process induces cropland displacement (CD), through which BAE generates indirect impacts (IDI) on natural habitats beyond direct impacts (DI) caused by occupation. However, the quantification of CD and IDI under RCBF remains unclear. Based on the theory of cropland productivity balance and an analysis of RCBF implementation, this study establishes a framework to quantify CD and IDI across 366 Chinese prefecture-level cities. By differentiating local and external CD, we identified cross-regional ecological coupling effects and evaluated the spatiotemporal dynamics of IDI across 2001–2010 and 2010–2022. Results showed that in 2001–2010 and 2010–2022, IDI accounted for 21.9% and 32.4% of total habitat quality loss caused by BAE, imposing 2.03 and 1.77 times greater damage on ecological land than DI. IDI intensity rose by 18.8% after 2010, while cities with newly reclaimed cropland of low productivity increased by 98.6%. Despite compensation efforts, 83 and 86 cities still faced grain production deficits in 2001–2010 and 2010–2022, mainly in central, eastern, and southern provinces, where external IDI concentrated ecological pressure within limited areas. Local IDI was 8.4 and 4.5 times higher than external IDI during the two periods, respectively. Natural resource status factors dominated IDI. This study advances understanding of the hidden ecological impacts of BAE and supports more sustainable cropland and ecological protection policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"118 ","pages":"Article 108338"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145972701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Process-level impact assessment of wood waste pre-treatments: Isolating environmental trade-offs through a gate-to-gate life cycle approach","authors":"Rosanna Leone ,&nbsp;Manfredi Saeli ,&nbsp;Giada La Scalia","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108340","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108340","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pre-treatment of wood waste represents a technically necessary but often methodologically underexplored stage in the life cycle of wood–plastic composites (WPCs). This study applies an attributional, gate-to-gate life cycle assessment to quantify the environmental implications of five representative laboratory-scale conditioning routes, including three chemical compatibilization pathways (SA1–SA3), thermo-mechanical pelletization (SB) and thermo-physical thermal modification (SC). Life cycle inventories were reconstructed from experimentally reported parameter ranges documented in laboratory-scale studies, and the resulting scenarios were modelled in SimaPro. Impact assessment was performed using three complementary methods, ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (H), EF 3.0, and Cumulative Energy Demand, to capture climate, resources, and toxicity-related burdens. Main results indicate that chemically intensive scenarios generally exhibit higher impacts than energy-driven treatments, with SA1 showing the highest values across climate, toxicity, and resource-related categories (e.g., 0.91 kg CO₂-eq, 4.09 CTUe, 2.76 Pt). SB and SC, which rely primarily on electricity and moderate heat inputs, display comparatively lower burdens, although SC shows a more intermediate profile due to its exclusive dependence on electricity. To explore whether alternative reagent choices may offer environmental advantages, a set of substitution scenarios was developed based on options documented in experimental literature. The outcomes showed divergent effects: while the replacement of acetic anhydride with maleic anhydride in SA1 lead to modest reductions in several categories, other substitutions, such as those involving citric acid, exhibited mixed effects. Results suggested that the environmental performance of “lower-severity” or bio-based reagents strongly depends on their upstream production profiles and should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Overall, the study highlights the relevance of conditioning steps within early-stage environmental assessment of WPC systems and emphasizes the importance of transparent boundary definition and scenario analysis when evaluating alternative pre-treatment strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"118 ","pages":"Article 108340"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145972705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The carbon footprint of Spanish tourists. Determinants and consumption patterns.","authors":"Mario Burgui-Burgui ,&nbsp;Marta Rodríguez-Rey ,&nbsp;María Jesús Such-Devesa ,&nbsp;Imaculada Aguado-Suárez ,&nbsp;María Jesús Salado-García","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108327","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108327","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the carbon footprint of tourists using a bottom-up approach that enables detailed and personalised measurement. Based on a survey of a representative sample of 980 Spanish tourists, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were assessed across different categories of consumption and transport. The results indicate that transport accounts for the largest proportion of CO₂ emissions (almost half of the total), followed by food expenditure, tourism activities and accommodation. The analysis also reveals differences in carbon footprint according to sociodemographic factors such as age, income and education level, emphasising that transport, especially in international destinations, is a major source of emissions. This study helps to identify consumption patterns that can inform the design of policies aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of Spanish tourists.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"118 ","pages":"Article 108327"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145920765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"System resilience measurement using input-output disaster analysis","authors":"Shiwei Zhou ,&nbsp;Mengyu Li ,&nbsp;Manfred Lenzen","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108331","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108331","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As climate-related disasters intensify, developing effective mitigation and adaptation policies requires measuring the resilience of socio-economic systems. This study proposes a threshold-based resilience measurement framework grounded in input-output disaster analysis. Leveraging a global multi-regional input-output table, we introduce a novel negligible-loss threshold to identify non-resilient sectors and regions, and to quantify post-disaster system losses. Applying the method to marine heatwaves impacting blue food systems in North America and Pacific OECD countries, we evaluate the applicability of four input-output disaster models for resilience measurement. In this context, resilience is captured through transaction trade-off, adaptive capacity through resource reallocation, and adjustment capacity through micro-level input substitution. We find that input-output disaster models that lack substitution mechanisms, or allow only limited production optimization, systematically overestimate post-disaster system losses. Incorporating substitution mechanisms effectively avoids such overestimation, underscoring the pivotal role of adjustment capacity in mitigating disaster impacts and enhancing the blue food systems resilience. The proposed resilience measurement framework is applicable to both sudden-onset disasters and slow-onset production shocks, offering a practical tool for resilience analysis and risk-informed policy development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"118 ","pages":"Article 108331"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145920773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quantifying concrete recarbonation potential: A life cycle approach to carbon uptake","authors":"Yulin Patrisia ,&nbsp;David W. Law ,&nbsp;Jingxuan Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108300","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108300","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Concrete production is a major source of carbon emissions, but carbonation of concrete throughout its life is also a natural process that results in the sequestration of atmospheric CO₂ into the concrete. To understand the relationship between emission and sequestrations this study quantifies the carbonation potential of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) across its full lifecycle, encompassing both service life and end-of-life, including stockpiling, recycling, and secondary use. An Empirical CO₂ Uptake Model for Concrete developed by IVL is used to predict carbonation depths in natural and the recycled concrete utilized as aggregate. This model assesses the carbonation uptake relative to both the CO₂ generated from cement production and from concrete production in a standard bridge structure. The data shows limited carbonation occurs during the primary service life over 100 years, capturing only up to 2.99 % (5.85 kg CO₂/m³) of calcination emission, while secondary applications add up to 2.66 % (5.19 kg CO₂/m³). In contrast, the recycling and stockpiling phase achieves a higher rate of carbonation over a 12-month period, ranging from 31 to 65 % (61–128 kg CO₂/m³), depending on stockpile configuration and duration. Shallow, spread-out stockpiles maximize CO₂ absorption by increasing surface exposure and airflow. Dust particles fully carbonate within weeks (31 % of calcination emission), whereas larger particles carbonate progressively over time. Secondary use of RCA in new concrete further enhances its carbon sink potential due to its residual reactivity and increased porosity. Overall, concrete demonstrates substantial carbonation potential, with total CO₂ uptake ranging from 35 % to 68 % of calcination emission.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"118 ","pages":"Article 108300"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145680830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Existing gaps in understanding Sustainable Development Goals interactions: Insights from a systematic review","authors":"Utkarsh Ashok Khot ,&nbsp;Anne Warchold ,&nbsp;Prajal Pradhan","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108274","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108274","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Most countries remain off track to fulfil the 2030 Agenda's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. One key challenge to achieving the 2030 Agenda lies in trade-offs arising from cherry-picking goals or targets at the expense of others. Overlooking these SDG interactions, i.e., synergies and trade-offs, risks creating conflicting policies that undermine the interconnected nature of sustainable development. Hence, there is a need to comprehensively understand how the interactions are being addressed in the growing body of literature. This study provides a systematic review of 272 articles selected from an initial search of 1818. The review reveals that interactions between targets within individual goals and occurring across different geographic boundaries are understudied. The fragmented representation of geographic scales in existing studies highlights another gap, emphasizing the need to understand local SDG interactions. Further, SDG interaction studies infrequently focus on low-income countries, revealing a geographic bias. Notably, an imbalance persists in SDG coverage, with SDGs requiring complex social, institutional, or political engagement (e.g., SDGs 5, 10, 16, and 17) remaining underrepresented in the literature. Most interaction studies focus on goal level rather than more granular target or indicator level analysis. By observing the trends and co-occurrence of methods used for interaction analysis, this study highlights the dominance of qualitative text-based and stakeholder-inclusive methods and a need to develop new approaches to analyze the interactions underlying causal mechanisms. By identifying key gaps and trends, this review can be leveraged to advance the research landscape, guiding the prioritization of SDGs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"118 ","pages":"Article 108274"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145680836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A dual-workflow framework for evaluating pulp and paper industry impacts on nature","authors":"Yoselin Oropeza Abregú,&nbsp;Hassan Aftab Sheikh","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108307","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108307","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The pulp and paper industry contributes to nature loss through multiple drivers across its value chain. Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) have supported efforts to identify and quantify impacts on nature. However, such assessments vary in their scope on the stage of the value chain, units of analysis, and methodological approaches and also lack spatial resolution needed for decision-making. In this paper, we introduce a dual-workflow framework that links drivers of nature loss based on LCA metrics with state of nature indicators derived from geospatial data. We propose this framework as a tool for rapid high-level assessments. Applying this to Indonesia, we find that upstream plantation activities are the dominant source of impacts, driving high global warming potential, particulate emissions, and resource depletion, and affecting over 1700 km² of peatlands and 560 km² of Key Biodiversity Areas. Spatial analysis shows significantly greater biodiversity and connectivity losses at the upstream stage than at pulp mill sites (<em>p</em> &lt; 0.05). Together, these workflows provide complementary insights: activity-based metrics identify pressure points, while spatial indicators reveal where ecological integrity is most at risk. The approach enables rapid, high-level assessments that can guide corporate actions and align with emerging disclosure frameworks such as the TNFD, CSRD, and SBTi.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"118 ","pages":"Article 108307"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145733444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating environmental impacts and public preferences in offshore wind farm decommissioning","authors":"Liv Stranddorf ,&nbsp;Jacob Ladenburg ,&nbsp;Agnes Rönnblom ,&nbsp;Lena Landström ,&nbsp;Stig Irving Olsen","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108253","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108253","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The expansion of offshore wind energy presents new challenges as many wind farms approach the end of their operational lives and will need to be decommissioned. This study presents the first multi-criteria assessment of offshore wind farm decommissioning scenarios that brings together life cycle environmental impacts, local marine benthic biodiversity impacts, and public preferences. Using Horns Rev 1 – the oldest large-scale wind farm in the North Sea - as a case study, we analyze 16 decommissioning scenarios ranging from full removal of infrastructure to partial removal strategies in which parts of the foundation, scour protection, or cables are left in place. Environmental impacts are assessed through life cycle assessment, and local marine biodiversity impacts are quantified using a newly developed method tailored to North Sea habitats. Public preferences are analyzed based on a nationally representative Danish survey. Our findings show that removing high-value recyclable materials while leaving scour protection in place yields the lowest life cycle environmental impacts due to recycling benefits and avoided removal of components with low recycling value. In contrast, full removal receives the strongest public support and best aligns with restoration of the sandy seabed but also results in higher climate impacts. Biodiversity outcomes depend on the selected reference state and desired ecological function, with trade-offs between supporting native benthic communities and preserving artificial reef structures that support diverse communities. This study demonstrates the value of a multi-criteria approach to offshore wind decommissioning and provides a transferable framework supporting decision-making by integrating environmental, ecological, and societal dimensions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"118 ","pages":"Article 108253"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145415407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}