Fact Sheet: Ways to implement net-zero whole life carbon buildings (PDF 0.08MB) 

Achieving low-carbon electricity operations in net zero energy residential buildings through plug-in battery energy storage systems. Journal of Energy Storage, 153, 120964. 
April 2026
Author(s): Amaripadath, D., Sailor, D. J., Khan, A., Bertini, A., & Attia, S.

Negative emissions in the LCA of buildings - measures to achieve net zero whole life cycle carbon buildings. (PDF 2.17MB) 
April 2026
Author(s): Frischknecht, R., Teresa Bertini, A. L., Caballero-Güereca, C. E., Dupire, A., Ettl, L., Lützkendorf, T., Ouellet-Plamondon, C. M., Passer, A., Roberts, M., Roux, C., Ruschi Mendes Saade, M., & Steinberger-Maierhofer, D.

Bridging scales and methods: A systematic review of mitigation pathway modeling for Germany’s building and construction sector. Sustainable Cities and Society: Advances, 2(2), 100049. 
March 2026
Author(s): Kaya, T., Volk, R., & Schultmann, F.

Towards net zero: sectoral ambitions and global trends in building decarbonisation. Buildings and Cities, 7(1), 396–424. 
March 2026
Author(s): Caballero-Güereca, C. E., Vogel, J., Alaux, N., Ouellet-Plamondon, C. M., Santana, J. S., Foliente, G., Lützkendorf, T., & Passer, A.

Dynamic carbon budgets and carbon debts for Aotearoa New Zealand and its building sector. Building and Environment, 287, 113805. 
January 2026
Author(s): Weerasinghe, S. N., McLaren, S. J., Boulic, M., Dowdell, D., & Chandrakumar, C.

Are net zero energy buildings necessarily also net zero emission buildings? Building and Environment, 283, 113367. 
Time-integrated analysis using dynamic grid emission factors.
September 2025
Author(s): Amaripadath, D., Sailor, D. J., Bertini, A., Barker, M., & Attia, S.

Parametrization of variables affecting the whole life carbon performance of nearly zero energy residential building renovation. Building and Environment, 278, 113013. 
June 2025
Author(s): Bertini, A., Al-Obaidy, M., Dasse, M., Amaripadath, D., Gobbo, E., & Attia, S.

Increasing the Evidence: The Role of Wooden Buildings and Forest Carbon Sinks on the Path to net-zero GHG emissions. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1554(1), 012117. 
June 2025
Author(s): Steinberger-Maierhofer, D., Ramon, D., Caballero-Güereca, C. E., Gierlinger, D., Saade, M. R. M., Röck, M., Allacker, K., & Passer, A.

Net-zero on the horizon: comparing global warming potential impacts across different time horizons. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1554(1), 012111. 
June 2025
Author(s): Roberts, M., Ries, R., & Gomes, V.

How is net zero whole-life carbon of buildings assessed and implemented? IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1554(1), 012106. 
June 2025
Author(s): Ouellet-Plamondon, C., Caballero-Güereca, C. E., Silva-Santana, J., Roberts, M., Gomes, V., Vogel, J., Schneider-Marin, P., & Ries, R. J.

Building stock models for EU policy support: testing the effects of different modelling choices through the implementation of a carbon reduction scenario. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1554(1), 012101. 
June 2025
Author(s): Pristerà, G., Ramon, D., Röck, M., Alaux, N., Passer, A., Sala, S., & Allacker, K.

A State of Play Review of Methods to Define Net Zero Carbon Buildings. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1554(1), 012132. 
June 2025
Author(s): Gomes, V., Schneider-Marin, P., Roberts, M., Hartwell, R., Ouellet-Plamondon, C., Santana, J. S., Caballero-Güereca, C. E., Gomes Da Silva, M., & Ries, R.

Harmonizing Whole Life Carbon Net-Zero Pathways for New Buildings. A Four-Phase Framework. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1554(1), 012110. 
June 2025
Author(s): Caballero-Güereca, C. E., Alaux, N., Truger, B., Ruschi Mendes Saade, M., & Vogel, J.

Towards a net-zero, whole-life carbon trajectory for the EU building stock. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1554(1), 012127. 
June 2025
Author(s): Alaux, N., Steinberger-Maierhofer, D., Bechstedt, N., Ramon, D., Zhong, X., Mastrucci, A., Röck, M., Allacker, K., & Passer, A.

Climate Stability for a Safe and Just Future: A Renewed Ethic for Built Environment Professionals. In Confronting the Environmental Crisis: New Approaches in Architecture. De Gruyter. 
Klimastabilität für eine sichere und gerechte Zukunft. Eine neue Ethik für die Fachleute des Bauwesens
2025
Author(s): Foliente, G., Caballero-Güereca, C. E., & Alaux, N.