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Keles, C., CRUZ RIOS, F., Hoque, S. (2025). Digital Technologies and Circular Economy in the Construction Sector: A Review of Lifecycle Applications, Integrations, Potential, and Limitations. Buildings, 15(4), 553. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15040553
Marzani, G., Tondelli, S., Kuma, Y., CRUZ RIOS, F., Hu, Rongbo, Bock, T. (2025). Embedding Circular Economy in the Construction Sector Policy Framework: Experiences from EU, US, and Japan for Better Future Cities. Smart Cities, 8(2), 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities8020048
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. https://doi.org/10.1061/JAEIED.AEENG-1445
CRUZ RIOS, F., Al Sultan, S., Chong, W.K., and Parrish, K. (2023). Empowering Owner-Operators of Small and Medium Commercial Buildings to Identify Energy Retrofit Opportunities. Energies, 16(17), 6191. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16176191
CRUZ RIOS, F., Panic, S., Grau, D., Khanna, V., & Bilec, M. (2022). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103411
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.02.014
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. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002109
Grau, D., CRUZ RIOS, F., and Sherman, R. (2021). Project Validation: A Set-Based and Concurrent Design Approach to Inform Owner’s Authorization Decision on Complex Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 147(10), 04021132. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002152
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. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2021.1994535
CRUZ RIOS, F., Naganathan, H., Tello, L., Adams, S., Cook-Davis, A., El Asmar, M., Grau, D., & Parrish, K. (2020). Catalysts and Barriers Faced by Native American Engineering Undergraduate Students in Arizona. Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 147(2). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EI.2643-9115.0000033
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.05.040
CRUZ RIOS, F., Chong, W. K., & Grau, D. (2017). The need for detailed gender-specific occupational safety analysis. Journal of Safety Research, 62, 53–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2017.06.002
CRUZ RIOS, F., Naganathan, H., Chong, O., Lee, S., & Alves, A. (2017). Analyzing the Impact of Outside Temperature on Energy Consumption and Production Patterns in High-Performance Research Buildings in Arizona. Journal of Architectural Engineering, 23(3), C4017002. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000242