Life-cycle environmental effects of an office building

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 157-166

  Junnila, Seppo ^a   Horvath, Arpad ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Buildings; Environmental issues; Life cycles; Office; Service life

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING MATERIALS; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEATING; LIGHTING; SERVICE LIFE; VENTILATION;

DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0346256564     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2003)9:4(157)     Document Type: Article

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