Embodied energy of common and alternative building materials and technologies

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-137

  Venkatarama Reddy, B V ^a   Jagadish, K S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Energy and building materials; Energy efficient materials

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; REINFORCED CONCRETE; ROOFS;

ENERGY EFFICIENT MATERIALS;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

EID: 0037290389     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(01)00141-4     Document Type: Article

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