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2012 – 2016 Doktorat Lehrstuhl für Nachhaltiges Bauen ETH Zürich
2006 – 2009 MSc Urban Environmental Management Universität Wageningen, Niederlande
1999 – 2004 Diplom in Architektur Katholische Universität Kolumbien, Bogotá

Berufserfahrung

02.2021 – 12.2024 Oberassistant, Lehrstuhl für Nachhaltiges Bauen ETH Zürich
08.2016 – 02.2021 Leiter Nachhaltige Gebäude und Immobilien, Zentrum für Nachhaltigkeit CCRS Zürich Universität
03.2016 – 06.2016 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Lehrstuhl für Nachhaltiges Bauen ETH Zürich
01.2021 – 02.2016 Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Lehrstuhl für Nachhaltiges Bauen ETH Zürich

• Potenzielle Biomasseproduktion und CO2-Speicherung bei ausgewählten Bambusarten - Asiatische Entwicklungsbank
• Entwicklung von vereinfachten Methoden für die Erstellung von LCIA-Daten im kolumbianischen Baustoffsektor - Swisscontact-SECO
• Entwicklung einer Methodik für die Ökobilanzierung der Wiederverwendung von Gebäudekom-ponenten - Bundesamt für Energie BFE
• ZEROstrat: Strategien für niedriger CO2-Fussabdruck bei Neubauten - Bundesamt für Energie BFE
• Konzeptionelle Entwicklung und Unterstützung im Projekt Circular Future Cities und Smart Mobi-le Factories for Infrastructure
• Entwicklung und Verwaltung des ESIweb-Instruments zur Bewertung der Nachhaltigkeit von Immobilien
• Immobilienwirtschaftliche Lösungsansätze zur Ausschöpfung des Holzbaupotenzials - Bundes-amt für Umwelt, AP HOLZ
• Entwicklung des Nachhaltigkeitsbewertungsinstruments für Schweizer KMUs ESG2go

Seit    Mitgliedschaft

2024  Journal Sustainable and Green Materials – Chefredakteur
2021  RILEM Association
2020  Journal Sustainability - Gastredakteur
2016  INBAR Construction Task Force - Chairperson

Jahr   Auszeichnung

2015  Best paper of the year 2015 in the Journal Building and Environment. Elsevier B.V.
2012  Fellowship from HILTI AG for doctorate studies at the ETH Zürich
2005  Full Scholarship for MSc studies in the Netherlands (NUFFIC)

Siehe auch: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8677-161X

Hauptvorträge & eingeladene Präsentationen

• Zea Escamilla, E. Bamboo-based Materials: Regenerative Carbon Sinks. Workshop on Next Generation Infrastructure and Sustainable Structural Solutions (NGI-SSS), 2024, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Hong Kong.
• Zea Escamilla, E. Carbon Capture and Storage on Bamboo Based Materials. World Bamboo Congress, 2024: Hinshu, Taiwan.
• Zea Escamilla, E. Grow your own Carban Capture Device. NOCMAT, 2023 : Joao Pessoa, Brasil.
• Zea Escamilla, E. CO2 flows of Bamboo-based construction. Bamboost 2ed. Building with Bamboo, the future of sustainable construction, 2023 : Manilla, the Philippines.
• Zea Escamilla, E. Dude, where is my CO2? Material, Energy and CO2 flow analysis of Engineered Bamboo production. V International Conference on Bio-based Materials, 2023: Wien, Austria.
• Zea Escamilla, E. Collaborative Research in Affordable Housing. Past, present and future perspectives. World Urban Forum WUF11, 2022: Katowice, Poland.
• Zea Escamilla, E. Climate Neutral Construction, A call for action!. Swiss timber Forum, 2022: Brug, Switzerland.
• Zea Escamilla, E. Life Cycle Assessment of Bamboo-based Construction Materials and Buildings. Conference of Parties COP26, 2021: Glasgow, UK.
• Zea Escamilla, E. Beyond Circular Economy in the Built Environment, Re-defining Value Workshop on Circular Economy, at Swiss-Korean Innovation week. 2020: Seoul, Rep. Korea.
• Zea Escamilla, E. Bio-based Construction Materials and Circular Value Chains, at II World Symposium on Sustainable Bio-composite Materials and Structures (SBMS2). 2019: Fuzhou∙ China.
• Zea Escamilla, E. Materials for Sustainable Development, at I International Conference in Bio-based materials and structures. 2018: Nanjing, China.
• Zea Escamilla, E. Construction materials an Holistic view, at V Construction Forum. 2018: Bucaramanga, Colombia.
• Zea Escamilla, E. Global or local materials for post-disaster reconstruction, at IV Innovative humanitarian shelter conference. 2016: Berlin, Germany.

Publikationen in internationalen, peer-reviewed Fachzeitschriften und Büchern (2025-2016)

• Kastner, F., Zea Escamilla, E., Langenberg, S., & Ng, M. S. (2025). Adoption of Life Cycle Thinking: Impact-driven comparative assessment of Japanese construction corporations’ trends in practices. Building and Environment, 267, 112131.
• Liu, K., Jayaraman, D., Shi, Y., Xiong, Z., Yang, J., Symeonidis, A., & Zea Escamilla, E. (2024). Life cycle assessment (LCA) of the industrial production of structural glued laminated bam-boo. Journal of Cleaner Production, 144367.
• Xiong, S., Frossard, M., Lasvaux, S., Zea Escamilla, E., & Habert, G. (2024). Environmental savings from concrete reuse: examining the limitations and optimal practices for cutting thresholds of concrete building components for reuse. Environmental Research: Infrastruc-ture and Sustainability, 4(3), 035016.
• Young, L., Kaminski, S., Kovacs, M., & Zea Escamilla, E. (2024). A Comparative Life Cycle As-sessment (LCA) of a Composite Bamboo Shear Wall System Developed for El Salvador. Sustainability, 16(17), 7602.
• Assunção, J. et al. Contribution of production processes in environmental impact of low carbon materials made by additive manufacturing. Automation in Construction 165, 105545 (2024).
• Bundi, T., Lopez, L. F., Habert, G. & Zea Escamilla, E. Bridging Housing and Climate Needs: Bamboo Construction in the Philippines. Sustainability 16, 498 (2024).
• Archila, H., Trujillo, D. & Zea Escamilla, E. in Materials: An environmental primer (eds H. Hart-man & J. Williams ) Ch. 2, (RIBA Publishing, 2024).
• Göswein, V., and Zea Escamilla, E.. 2022. 'Beyond timber–A wide range of bio-based materials for a wide range of needs.' in, Touch Wood. Material, Architecture, Future (Lars Müller Publishers).
• Eleftheriou, E., Lopez Muñoz, L.F., Habert, G., and Zea Escamilla, E.. 2022. 'Parametric Ap-proach to Simplified Life Cycle Assessment of Social Housing Projects', Sustainability, 14: 7409.
• Maniak-Huesser, M., Tellnes, L. and Zea Escamilla, E.. 2021. 'Mind the gap: A policy gap analy-sis of programmes promoting timber construction in nordic countries', Sustainability, 13: 11876.
• Müller, K.; Sonderegger, W.; Kläusler, O.; Klippel, M.; Zea Escamilla, E. 2020. Mechanical Char-acterisation of Densified Hardwood with Regard to Structural Applications. Journal of Re-newable Materials, 8, 1091-1109.
• Zea Escamilla, E.; Klippel, M.; Cakir, I.; Maniak, M. 2020. Challenges and opportunities for tim-ber buildings in the swiss real estate market-The role of carbon credits: Financing the low-carbon economy-Instruments, Barriers and Recommendations. Swiss Sustainable Finance
• Zea Escamilla, E.; Trujillo, D. 2020-21. Special Issue "Bio-Based Construction Materials for Sustainable Development of the Built Environment". Sustainability, ISSN 2071-1050.
• Zea Escamilla, E.; Archilla, H.; Nuramo, D.A.; Trujillo, D. 2019. “Bamboo: An Engineered Alter-native for Buildings in the Global South”, in Bioclimatic Architecture in Warm Climates. Springer. p. 397-414.
• Celentano, G; Zea Escamilla, E; Göswein, V; Habert, G. 2018. "A Matter of Speed: The Impact of Material Choice in Post-Disaster Reconstruction." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 34: p. 34-44.
• Celentano, G; Göswein, V; Zea Escamilla, E; Hischier, V; Habert, G. 2018. "Speeding up Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Material Choice or Roof Design?". Materials Research Proceed-ings. 7: p. 26-34.
• Archila, H; Kaminski, S; Trujillo, D.; Zea Escamilla, E; Harries, K. 2018. “Bamboo Reinforced Concrete – a Critical Review”. Materials and Structures. 51: p. 102.
• Zea Escamilla, E; Habert,G; Correal Daza, J.F.; Archilla, H; Echeverry Fernández,J.S; Trujillo, D. 2018. “Industrial or Traditional Bamboo Construction? Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Bamboo Based Buildings”. Sustainability. 10, 3096.
• Tellnes, L.; Ganne-Chedeville, C.; Dias, A.; Dolezal, F.; Hill, C.; Zea Escamilla, E. 2017. "Com-parative assessment for biogenic carbon accounting methods in carbon footprint of products: a review study for construction materials based on forest products”. iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry 10(5): 815.
• Zea Escamilla, E.; E. Wohlmuth; and G. Habert. 2016. “When CO2 counts: Sustainability as-sessment of industrialized bamboo as an alternative for social housing programs in the Phil-ippines”. Building and Environment. 103: p. 44-53.
• Zea Escamilla, E. and G. Habert, 2016. “Method and application of characterization of life cycle impact data of construction materials using geographic information systems”. International Journal Life Cycle Assessment. 22: pp 1210–1219
  

Publikationen in peer-reviewed Konferenzen

• Xiong, S., Zea Escamilla, E. & Habert, Uncovering The Circular Potential: Estimating Material Flows For Building Systems Components Reuse In The Swiss Built Environment. The 29th Annual Conference for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (Singapore, 2024).
• Xiong, S., Zea Escamilla, E. & Habert, Accessing Hidden Material Flows in the Swiss Built Environment: A Parametric Predictive Model for Building Systems’ Components Reuse Estimation. World Sustainable Built Environment Conference. IOP Publishing.
• Mazelli, R., Bohn, A., Zea Escamilla, E., Habert, G., and Bocco, A.. 2023. "Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Two “Vegetarian Architecture” Pavilions." In Bio-Based Building Materials, 982-99. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
• Göswein, V, Arehart, J., Pittau, F., Pomponi,F., Lamb, S., Zea Escamilla, E., Freire, F., Silvestre, J., and Habert, G.. 2022. "Wood in buildings: the right answer to the wrong question." In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 012067. IOP Publishing.
• Hafstad, P., Zea Escamilla, E., and Habert, G.. 2022. "Where Do Buildings Come From? Pro-spective Life Cycle Assessment of Fast-Growing Bio-Based Insulation Materials and Their Transport." In Non Conventional Construction Materials NOCMAT.
• Mazelli, R., Bocci, M., Bohn, A., Zea Escamilla, E., Habert, G., and Bocco, A.. 2022. "Fair play: why reliable data for low-tech construction and non-conventional materials are needed." In International Conference on Technological Imagination in the Green and Digital Transition, 367-79. Springer.
• Zea Escamilla, E.; Landroud, G.; Cifuentes Cuellar, A.; Moreno, J.; Habert, G. Challenges and Opportunities for the use of Excavation Material in the Built Environment. A case-study in Colombia. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Non-Conventional Materi-als and Technologies. 2019 Nairobi, Kenya.
• Zea Escamilla, E.; G., Habert; Cancio Diaz; Y., Archilla, H.; Celentano, G. Investing in alterna-tive construction materials as a sustainable path towards the reduction of global CO2 emissions, in 2nd International Symposium Bamboo BU. 2017: Bogor, Indonesia.
• Celentano, G.; Habert; G., Zea Escamilla; E., Göswein, V. Re-thinking material selection for large scale post-disaster reconstruction, in No-Cost Housing. 2016: Zürich, Switzerland.
• Cancio Diaz, Y.; Archilla, H.; Celentano, G.; Habert, G.; and Zea Escamilla, E. Low investment costs as key driver for upscaling alternative construction technologies, in No-Cost Housing. 2016: Zürich, Switzerland.