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Selected Publications

For a complete list of publications, please download my CV.

Temizel-Sekeyran, S., Cruz Rios, F., Geremicca, F., & Bilec, M. (2023). Circular Design and Embodied Carbon in Living Buildings: The Missing Potential. Journal of Architectural Engineering, 29(3): 04023013-1.

Babbitt, C., Athaf, S., Graedel, T., Cruz Rios, F., & Bilec, M. (2021). The role of design in circular economy solutions for critical materials. One Earth (Cell Press), 4 (3), 353-362.

Cruz Rios, F., Panic, S., Grau, D., Khanna, V., & Bilec, M. (2021). Exploring circular
economies in the built environment from a complex systems perspective: A systematic review and conceptual model at the city scale. Sustainable Cities and Society, 103411.

Berry, B., Farber, B., Chakraborty, S., Haedicke, M., Lowden, S., Cruz Rios, F., Bilec, M., & Isenhour, C. (2021). Just by Design: Exploring justice as a multidimensional concept in U.S. circular economy discourse. Local Environment.

Cruz Rios, F., Grau, D., & Bilec, M. (2021) Barriers and Enablers to Circular Building
Design in the U.S.: An Empirical Study. Journal of Construction Engineering and
Management, 147 (10), 04021117

Cruz Rios, F., Berry, B., Zappitelli, J., Khanna, V., Isenhour, C., Bilec, M. M. (2021). Why
Bother? Environmental and social implications of using durable building products. 4th PLATE 2021 Conference Proceedings, Product Lifetimes and the Environment.

Cruz Rios, F., & Grau, D. (2020). Design for Disassembly: An analysis of the practice (or lack thereof) in the United States. Construction Research Congress 2020. American Society of Civil Engineers.

Cruz Rios, F., Grau, D., & Chong, W. K. (2019). Reusing exterior wall framing systems: A cradle-to-cradle comparative life cycle assessment. Waste Management, 94, 120–135.

Cruz Rios, F., & Grau, D. (2019). Circular Economy in the Built Environment: Designing, Deconstructing, and Leasing Reusable Products. Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering. 

Cruz Rios, F., Chong, W. K., & Grau, D. (2015). Design for Disassembly and Deconstruction - Challenges and Opportunities. Procedia Engineering, 118, 1296–1304.

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