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Sustainable engineering, Life cycle assessment, health care, green buildings, environmental justice, urban building energy modeling

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University of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, PA, US

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Works (17)

Environmental impacts of circularity strategies for social distancing plastic shields made of polymethyl methacrylate in the United States

Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X241237102
Contributors: Nathalia Silva de Souza Lima Cano; Md Uzzal Hossain; Melissa M Bilec
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Does reusable mean green? Comparison of the environmental impact of reusable operating room bed covers and lift sheets versus single-use

The Surgeon
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2024.05.003
Contributors: Jenny H. Chang; Kimberly P. Woo; Nathalia Silva de Souza Lima Cano; Melissa M. Bilec; Maya Camhi; Alexandra I. Melnyk; Abby Gross; R. Matthew Walsh; Sofya H. Asfaw; Ilyssa O. Gordon et al.
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Searching for new Urban Metabolism techniques: A review towards future development for a city-scale Urban Metabolism Digital Twin

Sustainable Cities and Society
2024-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2024.105445
Contributors: Federica Geremicca; Melissa M. Bilec
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Life cycle assessment of green–grey coastal flood protection infrastructure: a case study from New Orleans

Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
2024-06-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/2634-4505/ad3578
Contributors: Rahaf Hasan; Lauren McPhillips; Gordon Warn; Melissa Bilec
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Circular Design and Embodied Carbon in Living Buildings: The Missing Potential

Journal of Architectural Engineering
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1061/JAEIED.AEENG-1445
Contributors: Sila Temizel-Sekeryan; Fernanda Cruz Rios; Federica Geremicca; Melissa M. Bilec
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Is Convergence Around The Circular Economy Necessary? Exploring the Productivity of Divergence in US Circular Economy Discourse and Practice

Circular Economy and Sustainability
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s43615-022-00199-1
Contributors: Brieanne Berry; Jamie Haverkamp; Cindy Isenhour; Melissa M. Bilec; Sara Sophia Lowden
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Evaluating the Global Plastic Waste Management System with Markov Chain Material Flow Analysis

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
2023-02-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04270
Contributors: Elijah Smith; Melissa M. Bilec; Vikas Khanna
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Just by design: exploring justice as a multidimensional concept in US circular economy discourse

Local Environment
2022-11-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2021.1994535
Contributors: Brieanne Berry; Brianna Farber; Fernanda Cruz Rios; Michael A. Haedicke; Sujan Chakraborty; Sara Sophia Lowden; Melissa M. Bilec; Cindy Isenhour
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Building material stock analysis is critical for effective circular economy strategies: a comprehensive review

Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
2022-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/2634-4505/ac6d08
Contributors: Rezvan Mohammadiziazi; Melissa M Bilec
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Environmental Sustainability in Orthopaedic Surgery

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
2022-04-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-21-01254
Contributors: Ian D. Engler; Andrew J. Curley; Freddie H. Fu; Melissa M. Bilec
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Quantifying Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Embodied in Global Primary Plastic Trade Network

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
2021-11-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c05236
Contributors: Joseph Zappitelli; Elijah Smith; Kevin Padgett; Melissa M. Bilec; Callie W. Babbitt; Vikas Khanna
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Whole building life cycle environmental impacts and costs: A sensitivity study of design and service decisions

Building and Environment
2019-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106316
Contributors: Vaclav Hasik; Maximilian Ororbia; Gordon P. Warn; Melissa M. Bilec
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Comparative whole-building life cycle assessment of renovation and new construction

Building and Environment
2019-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106218
Contributors: Vaclav Hasik; Elizabeth Escott; Roderick Bates; Stephanie Carlisle; Billie Faircloth; Melissa M. Bilec
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Dynamic Life Cycle Assessments of a Conventional Green Building and a Net Zero Energy Building: Exploration of Static, Dynamic, Attributional, and Consequential Electricity Grid Models

Environmental Science & Technology
2018-10-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b06535
Contributors: William O. Collinge; Harold J. Rickenbacker; Amy E. Landis; Cassandra L. Thiel; Melissa M. Bilec
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Food–Energy–Water Nexus: Quantifying Embodied Energy and GHG Emissions from Irrigation through Virtual Water Transfers in Food Trade

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
2017-03-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02122
Contributors: Nemi Vora; Apurva Shah; Melissa M. Bilec; Vikas Khanna
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Evaluating the Life Cycle Environmental Benefits and Trade-Offs of Water Reuse Systems for Net-Zero Buildings

Environmental Science & Technology
2017-02-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03879
Contributors: Vaclav Hasik; Naomi E. Anderson; William O. Collinge; Cassandra L. Thiel; Vikas Khanna; Jason Wirick; Richard Piacentini; Amy E. Landis; Melissa M. Bilec
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A network-based framework for assessing infrastructure resilience: a case study of the London metro system

Journal of The Royal Society Interface
2016-05-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0113
Contributors: Shauhrat S. Chopra; Trent Dillon; Melissa M. Bilec; Vikas Khanna
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Peer review (12 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering. (1)
Review activity for Environmental science & technology. (9)
Review activity for Nature sustainability. (2)
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