Ben Amor
Professeur, Faculté de génie
FGEN Département de génie civil et de génie du bâtiment
Présentation
Sujets, disciplines ou intérêts de recherche
life cycle assessment, life cycle costing, social life cycle assessment
Publications
Articles
- Marianne Pedinotti-Castelle, Pierre-Olivier Pineau, Kathleen Vaillancourt, Ben Amor. (2026). Capturing the economic and environmental potentials of a behavioral disruption in transportation. Sustainability Science and Technology. DOI
- Sylvain Cordier, Karl Thibault, Marie-Luc Arpin, Ben Amor. (2025). Scaling up to problem sizes: an environmental life cycle assessment of quantum computing. Quantum Science and Technology. DOI
- Edgar Sergues, Louis Gosselin, Ben Amor. (2025). Effectiveness of regionalized lifecycle impact assessment: A study on the arctic region of Nunavik, Canada. Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI
- Charles Breton, Pierre Blanchet, Ben Amor, Francesco Pomponi. (2025). A novel method to calculate SSP-consistent remaining carbon budgets for the building sector: A case study of Canada. Building and Environment. DOI
- Jean‐Martin Lessard, Guillaume Habert, Arezki Tagnit‐Hamou, Ben Amor. (2024). Assessing robustness of consequential LCA: Insights from a multiregional economic model tailored to the cement industrial symbiosis. Journal of Industrial Ecology. DOI
- Xavier Tanguay, Ben Amor. (2024). Assessing the sustainability of a resilient built environment: Research challenges and opportunities. Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI
- Mohamad Kaddoura, Guillaume Majeau-Bettez, Ben Amor, Dominique Poirier, Manuele Margni. (2024). Estimating and reducing dissipative losses in thermal spray: A parametrized material flow analysis approach. Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI
- Rizal Taufiq Fauzi, Patrick Lavoie, Audrey Tanguy, Ben Amor. (2022). On the possibilities of multilevel analysis to cover data gaps in consequential S-LCA: Case of multistory residential building. Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI
- Bruno Gagnon, Xavier Tanguay, Ben Amor, Anthony F. Imbrogno. (2022). Forest Products and Circular Economy Strategies: A Canadian Perspective. Energies. DOI
- Rosaline Larivière-Lajoie, Pierre Blanchet, Ben Amor. (2022). Evaluating the importance of the embodied impacts of wall assemblies in the context of a low environmental impact energy mix. Building and Environment. DOI
- Xavier Tanguay, Gatien Geraud Essoua Essoua, Ben Amor. (2021). Attributional and consequential life cycle assessments in a circular economy with integration of a quality indicator: A case study of cascading wood products. Journal of Industrial Ecology. DOI
- Md. Uzzal Hossain, Dongxing Xuan, S. Thomas Ng, Ben Amor. (2021). Designing sustainable partition wall blocks using secondary materials: A life cycle assessment approach. Journal of Building Engineering. DOI
- Md. Uzzal Hossain, S. Thomas Ng, Yahong Dong, Ben Amor. (2021). Strategies for mitigating plastic wastes management problem: A lifecycle assessment study in Hong Kong. Waste Management. DOI
- Rizal Taufiq Fauzi, Patrick Lavoie, Audrey Tanguy, Ben Amor. (2021). Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of multistorey building: Attributional and consequential perspectives. Building and Environment. DOI
- Marianne Pedinotti-Castelle, Pierre-Olivier Pineau, Kathleen Vaillancourt, Ben Amor. (2021). Changing Technology or Behavior? The Impacts of a Behavioral Disruption. Sustainability. DOI
- Hessam AzariJafari, Geoffrey Guest, Randolph Kirchain, Jeremy Gregory, Ben Amor. (2021). Towards comparable environmental product declarations of construction materials: Insights from a probabilistic comparative LCA approach. Building and Environment. DOI
- Kikki Lambrecht Ipsen, Massimo Pizzol, Morten Birkved, Ben Amor. (2021). How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review. Urban Science. DOI
- Lessard, J.-M., Habert, G., Tagnit-Hamou, A., Amor, B. (2021). A time-series material-product chain model extended to a multiregional industrial symbiosis: The case of material circularity in the cement sector. Ecological Economics. DOI
- Audrey Tanguy, Charles Breton, Pierre Blanchet, Ben Amor. (2020). Characterising the development trends driving sustainable neighborhoods. Buildings and Cities. DOI
- Marcella Ruschi Mendes Saade, Geoffrey Guest, Ben Amor. (2020). Comparative whole building LCAs: How far are our expectations from the documented evidence?. Building and Environment. DOI
- Hossain, M.U., Ng, S.T., Antwi-Afari, P., Amor, B. (2020). Circular economy and the construction industry: Existing trends, challenges and prospective framework for sustainable construction. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. DOI
- Vandepaer, L., Panos, E., Bauer, C., Amor, B. (2020). Energy System Pathways with Low Environmental Impacts and Limited Costs: Minimizing Climate Change Impacts Produces Environmental Cobenefits and Challenges in Toxicity and Metal Depletion Categories. Environmental science & technology. DOI
- Cordier, S., Robichaud, F., Blanchet, P., Amor, B. (2020). Exploring the regional-scale potential of the use of wood products in non-residential buildings: A building permits-based quantitative approach. BioResources. DOI
- Saade, M.R.M., Yahia, A., Amor, B. (2020). How has LCA been applied to 3D printing? A systematic literature review and recommendations for future studies. Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI
- Koffler, C., Amor, B., Carbajales-Dale, M., Cascio, J., Conroy, A., Fava, J.A., Gaudreault, C., Gloria, T., Hensler, C., Horvath, A., Humbert, S., Manzardo, A., Margni, M., Osset, P., Sinistore, J., Vigon, B., Wallace, M.L., Wang, M., Prox, M. (2020). On the reporting and review requirements of ISO 14044. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. DOI
- Viere, T., Amor, B., Berger, N., Fanous, R.D., Arduin, R.H., Keller, R., Laurent, A., Loubet, P., Strothmann, P., Weyand, S., Wright, L., Sonnemann, G. (2020). Teaching life cycle assessment in higher education. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. DOI
- Mohammad Davoud Heidari, Michael Lawrence, Pierre Blanchet, Ben Amor. (2019). Regionalised Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-Based Materials in Construction; the Case of Hemp Shiv Treated with Sol-Gel Coatings. Materials. DOI
- Laurent Vandepaer, Julie Cloutier, Christian Bauer, Ben Amor. (2019). Integrating Batteries in the Future Swiss Electricity Supply System: A Consequential Environmental Assessment. Journal of Industrial Ecology. DOI
- Franz Segovia, Pierre Blanchet, Ben Amor, Costel Barbuta, Robert Beauregard. (2019). Life Cycle Assessment Contribution in the Product Development Process: Case Study of Wood Aluminum-Laminated Panel. Sustainability. DOI
- Marianne Pedinotti-Castelle, Miguel F. Astudillo, Pierre-Olivier Pineau, Ben Amor. (2019). Is the environmental opportunity of retrofitting the residential sector worth the life cycle cost? A consequential assessment of a typical house in Quebec. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. DOI
- Mohammad Davoud Heidari, Damien Mathis, Pierre Blanchet, Ben Amor. (2019). Streamlined Life Cycle Assessment of an Innovative Bio-Based Material in Construction: A Case Study of a Phase Change Material Panel. Forests. DOI
- Rizal Taufiq Fauzi, Patrick Lavoie, Luca Sorelli, Mohammad Davoud Heidari, Ben Amor. (2019). Exploring the Current Challenges and Opportunities of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment. Sustainability. DOI
- Pradinaud, C., Northey, S., Amor, B., Bare, J., Benini, L., Berger, M., Boulay, A.-M., Junqua, G., Lathuillière, M.J., Margni, M., Motoshita, M., Niblick, B., Payen, S., Pfister, S., Quinteiro, P., Sonderegger, T., Rosenbaum, R.K. (2019). Defining freshwater as a natural resource: a framework linking water use to the area of protection natural resources. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. DOI
- Fernández Astudillo, M., Vaillancourt, K., Pineau, P.-O., Amor, B. (2019). Human Health and Ecosystem Impacts of Deep Decarbonization of the Energy System. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI
- Azarijafari, H., Yahia, A., Amor, B. (2019). Removing Shadows from Consequential LCA through a Time-Dependent Modeling Approach: Policy-Making in the Road Pavement Sector. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI
- Vandepaer, L., Treyer, K., Mutel, C., Bauer, C., Amor, B. (2019). The integration of long-term marginal electricity supply mixes in the ecoinvent consequential database version 3.4 and examination of modeling choices. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. DOI
- Yannick Lessard, Chirjiv Anand, Pierre Blanchet, Caroline Frenette, Ben Amor. (2018). LEED v4: Where Are We Now? Critical Assessment through the LCA of an Office Building Using a Low Impact Energy Consumption Mix. Journal of Industrial Ecology. DOI
- (2018). Evaluating the Link between Low Carbon Reductions Strategies and Its Performance in the Context of Climate Change: A Carbon Footprint of a Wood-Frame Residential Building in Quebec, Canada. Sustainability. DOI
- (2018). Assessing the Climate Change Impacts of Biogenic Carbon in Buildings: A Critical Review of Two Main Dynamic Approaches. Sustainability. DOI
- AzariJafari, H., Yahia, A., Amor, B. (2018). Assessing the individual and combined effects of uncertainty and variability sources in comparative LCA of pavements. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. DOI
- Deschamps, J., Simon, B., Tagnit-Hamou, A., Amor, B. (2018). Is open-loop recycling the lowest preference in a circular economy? Answering through LCA of glass powder in concrete. Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI
- Kuczenski, B., Marvuglia, A., Astudillo, M.F., Ingwersen, W.W., Satterfield, M.B., Evers, D.P., Koffler, C., Navarrete, T., Amor, B., Laurin, L. (2018). LCA capability roadmap—product system model description and revision. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. DOI
- Roure, B., Anand, C., Bisaillon, V., Amor, B. (2018). Systematic curriculum integration of sustainable development using life cycle approaches: The case of the Civil Engineering Department at the Université de Sherbrooke. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. DOI
- Astudillo, M.F., Vaillancourt, K., Pineau, P.-O., Amor, B. (2017). Can the household sector reduce global warming mitigation costs? sensitivity to key parameters in a TIMES techno-economic energy model. Applied Energy. DOI
- Vandepaer, L., Cloutier, J., Amor, B. (2017). Environmental impacts of Lithium Metal Polymer and Lithium-ion stationary batteries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. DOI
- Essoua, E.G.G., Beauregard, R., Amor, B., Blanchet, P., Landry, V. (2017). Evaluation of environmental impacts of citric acid and glycerol outdoor softwood treatment: Case-study. Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI
- Anand, C.K., Amor, B. (2017). Recent developments, future challenges and new research directions in LCA of buildings: A critical review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. DOI
- Hessam AzariJafari, Ammar Yahia, Mourad Ben Amor. (2016). Life cycle assessment of pavements: reviewing research challenges and opportunities. Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI
- Descateaux, P., Astudillo, M.F., Amor, M.B. (2016). Assessing the life cycle environmental benefits of renewable distributed generation in a context of carbon taxes: The case of the Northeastern American market. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. DOI
- (2016). Life cycle assessment capacity roadmap (section 1): decision-making support using LCA. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. DOI
- Simon, B., Amor, M.B., Földényi, R. (2016). Life cycle impact assessment of beverage packaging systems: Focus on the collection of post-consumer bottles. Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI
- (2016). Life cycle inventories of electricity supply through the lens of data quality: exploring challenges and opportunities. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. DOI
- (2016). Proposal of a framework for scale-up life cycle inventory: A case of nanofibers for lithium iron phosphate cathode applications. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. DOI
- Chirjiv Kaur Anand, Véronique Bisaillon, Alain Webster, Ben Amor. (2015). Integration of sustainable development in higher education – a regional initiative in Quebec (Canada). Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI
- (2014). Implications of integrating electricity supply dynamics into life cycle assessment: A case study of renewable distributed generation. Renewable Energy. DOI
- Amor, M.B., Billette de Villemeur, E., Pellat, M., Pineau, P.-O. (2014). Influence of wind power on hourly electricity prices and GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions: Evidence that congestion matters fromOntario zonal data. Energy. DOI
- Amor, M.B., Pineau, P.-O., Gaudreault, C., Samson, R. (2012). Assessing the economic value of renewable distributed generation in the Northeastern American market. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. DOI
- Amor, M.B., Pineau, P.-O., Gaudreault, C., Samson, R. (2011). Electricity trade and GHG emissions: Assessment of Quebec's hydropower in the Northeastern American market (2006-2008). Energy Policy. DOI
- Amor, M.B., Lesage, P., Pineau, P.-O., Samson, R. (2010). Can distributed generation offer substantial benefits in a Northeastern American context? A case study of small-scale renewable technologies using a life cycle methodology. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. DOI
Chapitres de livre
- (2016). Confronting the Challenges in Integrating Sustainable Development in a Curriculum: The Case of the Civil Engineering Department at Université de Sherbrooke (Canada). Challenges in Higher Education for Sustainability. DOI
- (2015). Exploring Challenges and Opportunities of Life Cycle Management in the Electricity Sector. Life Cycle Management. DOI
- (2015). Sustainable Development Integration Strategies in Higher Education: Case Study of Two Universities and Five Colleges in Quebec. Integrating Sustainability Thinking in Science and Engineering Curricula: Innovative Approaches, Methods and Tools. DOI
Articles de conférence
- Cordier, S., Robichaud, F., Blanchet, P., Amor, B. (2019). Enhancing consistency in consequential life cycle inventory through material flow analysis. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. DOI
- Lessard, J.-M., Cloutier, J., Tagnit-Hamou, A., Amor, B. (2017). Environmental benefits of using glass powder in manhole production. American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication.