# Insight from Review Articles of Life Cycle Assessment for Buildings
## 3 Results
### Findings of Qualitative Analysis
#### 3.2.1 Analysis of LCA Software
\begin{table}
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**Article** & **Title** & **Source** & **Citation** & **Norm.** \\  & & & **Numbers** & **Citations** \\ \hline [PERSON] (2018) [109] & Exploring environmental and economic costs and benefits of a circular economy approach to the construction and demolition sector. A literature review & _Journal of Cleaner Production_ & 367 & 3.99 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2016) [110] & A critical review of the use of 3-D printing in the construction industry & _Automation in Construction_ & 589 & 3.80 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2012) [97] & Need for an embodied energy measurement protocol for buildings: a review paper & _Renculable \& Sustainable Energy_ & 324 & 3.75 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2014) [5] & Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle energy analysis (LCEA) of buildings and the building sector: A review & _Renculable \& Sustainable Energy_ & 898 & 3.65 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2017) [111] & A review on insulation materials for energy conservation in buildings & _Renculable \& Sustainable Energy_ & 521 & 3.52 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2019) [112] & Material efficiency strategies to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with buildings, vehicles, and electronics-a review & _Environmental Research Letters_ & 259 & 3.20 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2010) [113] & Life cycle energy analysis of buildings: an overview & _Energy and Buildings_ & 930 & 2.97 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2020) [114] & A review on municipal solid waste-to-energy trends in the USA & _Renculable \& Sustainable Energy_ & 218 & 2.88 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2018) [115] & The human dimensions of energy use in buildings: A review & _Renculable \& Sustainable Energy_ & 261 & 2.84 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2016) [116] & Life cycle performance of modular buildings: A critical review & _Renculable \& Sustainable Energy_ & 403 & 2.60 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2017) [117] & Recent developments, future challenges and new research directions in LCA of buildings: A critical review & _Renculable \& Sustainable Energy_ & 353 & 2.38 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2021) [118] & Sustainability assessment, potentials and challenges of 3d printed concrete structures: a systematic review for built environmental applications & _Journal of Cleaner Production_ & 105 & 2.27 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2019) [119] & A review of life cycle assessment of buildings using a systematic approach & _Buildings and Environment_ & 183 & 2.26 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2017) [120] & Critical review of bim-based LCA method to buildings & _Energy and Buildings_ & 332 & 2.24 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2013) [121] & Life cycle assessment in the construction sector: a review & _Renculable \& Sustainable Energy_ & 366 & 2.12 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2017) [122] & Life cycle assessment (LCA) of building refurbishment: A literature review & _Energy and Buildings_ & 311 & 2.10 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2017) [123] & Recent advancement in BIPV product technologies: A review & _Energy and Buildings_ & 295 & 1.99 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2020) [96] & Bim and lca integration: a systematic literature review & _Sustainability_ & 147 & 1.94 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2018) [124] & The carbon footprint of buildings: a review of methodologies and applications & _Renculable \& Sustainable Energy_ & 178 & 1.94 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2020) [125] & Building information modeling applications in smart buildings: from design to commissioning and beyond a critical review & _Journal of Cleaner Production_ & 124 & 1.64 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2018) [126] & How can life cycle thinking support sustainability of buildings? investigating life cycle assessment applications for energy efficiency and environmental performance & _Journal of Cleaner Production_ & 147 & 1.60 \\ \hline Abd [PERSON] (2015) [81] & A review of life cycle assessment method for building industry & _Renculable \& Sustainable Energy_ & 239 & 1.58 \\ \hline [PERSON] (2018) [127] & Building simulation: ten challenges & _Building Simulation_ & 141 & 1.53 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 6: _Cont._free/open-source and GaBi, SimaPro, OneClick LCA are expensive.