Francesco Pomponi

Biographic Data

ID6952478
NAMEFrancesco Pomponi
GIVEN NAMESFrancesco
FAMILY NAMEPomponi
SIGNATUREPOMPONI F
AFFILIATIONSEdinburgh Napier University
ORCID0000-0003-3132-2523
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS8
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Embodied carbon quantification of luminaires using life cycle assessment and Cibse TM65 methodologies

    Open AccessIrene Mazzei, Ruth Saint et al.ARTICLEJournal of Industrial Ecology2024

    The European legislative landscape on sustainability is steadily growing to meet objectives to reach net zero targets by mid‐century. In this context, companies and manufacturers may soon be legally required to provide quantification of the environmental impact of their products and services. A key challenge is applying a consistent and robust methodology that ensures comparability between assessments made by different companies, as there is stil…

  • Tourism, job vulnerability and income inequality during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessYa-Yen Sun, Mengyu Li et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research…2022Cited by: 7References: 6

    The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the vulnerability of tourism workers, but no detailed job loss figures are available that links tourism vulnerability with income inequality. This study evaluates how reduced international tourism consumption affects tourism employment and their income loss potential for 132 countries. This analysis shows that higher proportions of female (9.6%) and youth (10.1%) experienced unemployment whilst they were paid si…

  • Embodied carbon of concrete in buildings, Part 2

    Open AccessAlice Moncaster, Tove Malmqvist et al.ARTICLEBuildings and Cities2022References: 2

    This paper is the second output of a project that examines the embodied greenhouse gas emissions (‘embodied carbon’) from the use of concrete in buildings. In the current absence of either regulation or widespread industry practice in quantified carbon assessment, it seems likely that messaging will play a powerful role in influencing designers’ perceptions and decisions. Using the UK as a case study, this paper considers the current messages abo…

  • Barriers and opportunities of fast-growing biobased material use in buildings

    Open AccessVerena Göswein, Jay H Arehart et al.ARTICLEBuildings and Cities2022Cited by: 1References: 5

    Limiting global warming to 1.5°C requires immediate and drastic reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A significant contributor to anthropogenic global GHG emissions is the production of building materials. Biobased materials offer the potential to reduce such emissions and could be deployed in the short term. Timber construction has received the main attention from policy and industry. However, the implementation of timber construction a…

  • Emissions assessment of bike sharing schemes

    Open AccessLéa D’Almeida, Tom Rye et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2021

    Transport accounts for 40 % of global emissions, 72 % of which comes from road transport, and private cars are responsible for 60 % of road transport emissions. In cities, self-service bike sharing systems are quickly developing and are intended to offer an alternative and cleaner mode of transport than the car. However, the sustainability of such schemes is often taken as a given, rather than thoroughly evaluated. To address this gap, in this pa…

  • Whole‐life embodied carbon in multistory buildings

    Open AccessJim Hart, Bernardino D’Amico et al.ARTICLEJournal of Industrial Ecology2021

    Buildings and the construction industry are top contributors to climate change, and structures account for the largest share of the upfront greenhouse gas emissions. While a body of research exists into such emissions, a systematic comparison of multiple building structures in steel, concrete, and timber alternatives is missing. In this article, comparisons are made between mass and whole-life embodied carbon (WLEC) emissions of building superstr…

  • Heat island effects in urban life cycle assessment

    Open AccessTiziana Susca, Francesco PomponiARTICLEJournal of Industrial Ecology2020

    Urbanization often entails a surge in urban temperature compared to the rural surroundings: the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. Such a temperature increase triggers the formation of pollutants worsening the urban air quality. Jointly, bad air quality and UHI affect ecosystems and human health. To alleviate the impacts on the population and the environment, it is crucial to design effective UHI‐mitigation measures. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a…

  • Buildings as a Global Carbon Sink? A Reality Check on Feasibility Limits

    Open AccessFrancesco Pomponi, Jim Hart et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2020

  • Circular economy for the built environment

    Open AccessFrancesco Pomponi, Alice MoncasterARTICLEJournal of Cleaner Production2017

  • An Investigation into GHG and non‐GHG Impacts of Double Skin Façades in Office Refurbishments

    Open AccessFrancesco Pomponi, Poorang Piroozfar et al.ARTICLEJournal of Industrial Ecology2016

    The building sector is a major contributor to energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and depletion of natural resources. In developed countries, existing buildings represent the majority of the stock, their low‐carbon refurbishment hence being one of the most sensible ways to mitigate GHG emissions and reduce environmental impacts of the construction sector. This article has investigated and established the GHG and non‐GHG life cycle…

  • Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigating strategies

    Open AccessChristopher O’Malley, Poorang Piroozfar et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2015