A building sector related procedure to assess the relevance of the usage phase

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 142-150

  Paulsen, Jacob H ^a,b   Borg, Mathias ^a,c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SIS Ecolabelling   (Sweden)

^c Bygg och Miljøkonsult MB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Building products; Decision support; Design phase; Environment; Environmental load; Lca; Maintenance; Product choice; System levels; Usage phase

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038175005     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02978459     Document Type: Article

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