THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Energy-water nexus in Buildings
Assessing energy and water demand of data centers
Assessing hidden water-energy nexus at the building level
Assessing the demand side of buildings on national energy market, in collaboration with IIASA
Construction Materials
Dynamic MFA and LCA on building materials in Israel
Collaboration with the world economic forum: Environmental due-diligence process for construction materials
Publications
Nisnik M., Bloom A., Abo Foul S., Andrey Ethan R., and Blass, V. 2025/ “Towards urban energy independence: Case study of residential hidden energy-water nexus”, Energy and Buildings, Volume 347, Part B, 116353.
Igdalov S. Fishman T., and Blass V. 2024. “Tradeoffs and synergy between material cycles and GHG emissions: Opportunities in a growing housing stock”, Journal of industrial ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13576
Blass, V., & Yoffe, H. לא גזירת גורל: חדשנות יכולה לצמצם את הבנייה המזהמת.The Marker נדל"ן, 97, (2025, April 11)
Conferences & Lectures
Yoffe, H. & Blass, V. From Lab to Market: Environmental Due Diligence for Innovative Construction Technologies. Case Studies from Israel’s Emerging Low-Carbon Materials Sector, Sustainable Asia Conference (SAC2025), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Singapore 29 - 30 Oct 2025
Yoffe, H., Negi, R., & Blass, V. . From Lab to Market: Applying Environmental Due Diligence for Impact Investing. Special Session - Industrial Ecology and Commercial Decision Making: Strategy and Practice. 12th International Conference on Industrial Ecology, Singapore. https://isie2025.exordo.com/programme/presentation/68, (2025). (oral)
Yoffe, H. and Blass, V.: From Lab to Market: Environmental Due Diligence using LCA and IAM tools, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-20747, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-20747, (2025). (oral)