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Sustainable Building Design and Assessment

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Beatriz C. Guerra
Wayne State College
2
Eric Ohene
Shanghai Xiandai Architectural Design
3
Masoud Norouzi
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
4
Danyang Cheng
Tsinghua University
5
Abdulaziz I. Almulhim
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
6
Jana Gerta Backes
RWTH Aachen University
7
Ömer Çimen
International Finance Corporation
8
Nouman Khadim
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
9
Vanessa Tavares
Universidade do Porto
10
Anne van Stijn
Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions

Rising Stars Papers

1
Climate-induced migration in the Global South: an in depth analysis
npj Climate Action|2024
103 cit.
2
Framing resilience in Saudi Arabian cities: On climate change and urban policy
Sustainable Cities and Society|2024
62 cit.
3
From circularity to sustainability: Advancing the whole building circularity indicator with Life Cycle Assessment (WBCI-LCA)
Building and Environment|2024
38 cit.
4
Building Urban Resilience Through Smart City Planning: A Systematic Literature Review
Smart Cities|2025
30 cit.
5
Harnessing urban analytics and machine learning for sustainable urban development: A multidimensional framework for modeling environmental impacts of urbanization in Saudi Arabia
Journal of Environmental Management|2024
28 cit.
6
Toward a Greener Future: Applying Circular Economy Principles to Saudi Arabia’s Food Sector for Environmental Sustainability
Sustainability|2024
27 cit.
7
Optimal design guidelines for net zero energy residential buildings in cooling-dominated climates: Case study of Ghana
Building and Environment|2024
22 cit.
8
Long-term decarbonization prediction of buildings accounting for temporal variations in grid and material emission factors: A case study of timber-framed passive houses in the United Kingdom
Renewable Energy|2025
16 cit.
9
Urbanization provocateur: Reaching urban planning-led development in Saudi Arabia
Land Use Policy|2024
12 cit.
10
Low-carbon lifestyle index and its socioeconomic determinants among households in Saudi Arabia
Urban Climate|2024
10 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Amos Darko
University of Washington
2
Yosef Jabareen
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
3
Luca Castellazzi
European Commission
4
Nancy Bocken
Maastricht University
5
Xiangnan Song
Guangzhou University
6
Minda Ma
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
7
Mattias Kärrholm
Lund University
8
Amanda Lange Sálvia
Universität Hamburg
9
Horsten Kusi-Sarpong
Unknown
10
Jane Thornback
Loughborough University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Artificial intelligence in green building
Automation in Construction|2022
242 cit.
2
A call for action: The impact of business model innovation on business ecosystems, society and planet
Long Range Planning|2022
165 cit.
3
Towards regenerative business models: A necessary shift?
Sustainable Production and Consumption|2023
156 cit.
4
Review of global research advances towards net-zero emissions buildings
Energy and Buildings|2022
149 cit.
5
Prioritizing barriers and developing mitigation strategies toward net-zero carbon building sector
Building and Environment|2022
139 cit.
6
The Sufficiency-Based Circular Economy—An Analysis of 150 Companies
Frontiers in Sustainability|2022
132 cit.
7
Circular business model innovation in consumer-facing corporations
Technological Forecasting and Social Change|2022
121 cit.
8
Circular business models for the fastmoving consumer goods industry: Desirability, feasibility, and viability
Sustainable Production and Consumption|2022
117 cit.
9
Challenges and opportunities in the global net-zero building sector
Cell Reports Sustainability|2024
91 cit.
10
Heterogeneity or illusion? Track the carbon Kuznets curve of global residential building operations
Applied Energy|2023
84 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Xiaoling Zhang
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2
Timo Busch
Universität Hamburg
3
Vivian W.Y. Tam
Western Sydney University
4
Joseph Sarkis
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
5
Anil Kumar Dikshit
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
6
Jian Zuo
The University of Adelaide
7
George Serafeim
State Street (United States)
8
John M. Quigley
University of Illinois Chicago
9
Darren Robinson
University of Sheffield
10
Nils Kok
Maastricht School of Management

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Corporate social responsibility and access to finance
Strategic Management Journal|2013
3.7k cit.
2
The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance
Management Science|2014
3.5k cit.
3
Three pillars of sustainability: in search of conceptual origins
Sustainability Science|2018
3.1k cit.
4
Relationships between operational practices and performance among early adopters of green supply chain management practices in Chinese manufacturing enterprises
Journal of Operations Management|2004
2.6k cit.
5
An organizational theoretic review of green supply chain management literature
International Journal of Production Economics|2010
2.2k cit.
6
An overview of sustainability assessment methodologies
Ecological Indicators|2008
2.1k cit.
7
What drives corporate social performance? The role of nation-level institutions
Journal of International Business Studies|2012
1.6k cit.
8
Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey
Financial Analysts Journal|2018
1.5k cit.
9
Stakeholder pressure and the adoption of environmental practices: The mediating effect of training
Journal of Operations Management|2009
1.5k cit.
10
Performance measurement for green supply chain management
Benchmarking An International Journal|2005
1.5k cit.

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