Edwin Zea,

Ausbildung

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

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.