Aldrick received his PhD from the University of Toronto. His research examines the flows of energy and materials in the built environment to determine potential decarbonization pathways.
Projects
Environmental Impacts of Housing Form
This project assesses the holistic life cycle environmental impacts of housing forms and evaluates different engineering design, planning, and policies to mitigate them.
Publications
Journal Publications
Ruiz-Valero, L., Arceo, A., Kesik, T., Touchie, M.F., O’Brien, W., “Life Cycle Assessment of Housing and Neighbourhoods: A Systematic Review,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, 210 (2025), 115249. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.115249
Arceo, A., Touchie, M.F., O’Brien, W. “Beyond Density: Examining Overlooked Drivers of Housing and Neighborhood Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” Sustainable Cities and Society, 120 (2025), 106131, doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2025.106131
Arceo, A., Touchie, M.F., O’Brien, W. Hong, T., Malik, J. Mayer, M., Peters, T., Saxe, S., Tamas, R., Villeneuve, H., Schmaltz, B., “Ten Questions Concerning Housing Sufficiency,” Building and Environment, 277, (2025), 112941, doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.112941
Arceo, A., O’Brien, W., Touchie, M.F. “Ten questions concerning the environmental impacts of housing built form,” Building and Environment, 256, (2024) 111490, doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111490
Arceo, A., Derakthi, M., Hinoporos, F., O’Brien, W., Boyle, S., Touchie, M.F., Wills, A., Knudsen, H., “Challenges and Opportunities of Integrating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Building Energy Codes,” Energy and Buildings, 328 (2024), 115190, doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.115190