Jouamai et al. (2025): Challenges of carbon sequestration in construction materials — A scoping review
Brahim Jouamai, Hassan Elminor and Abderrahim Belabid, IN: Journal of Building Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2025.114349
The construction sector is responsible for about 37% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet it also holds significant potential to act as a carbon sink. Carbon-sequestering materials are steadily advancing, but their use in practice remains rare. This paper explores why that gap persists through a scoping review of 57 studies, grouping the barriers into seven domains: technical, economic, implementation, policy and regulatory, environmental, infrastructural, and other cross-cutting categories.