Life cycle energy and environmental performance of a new university building: Modeling challenges and design implications

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1049-1064

  Scheuer, Chris ^a   Keoleian, Gregory A ^a   Reppe, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial buildings; Embodied energy; Environmental impact; Global warming potential; Life cycle assessment; Primary energy consumption

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; VENTILATION;

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT;

COLLEGE BUILDINGS;

EID: 0043014613     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(03)00066-5     Document Type: Article

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