Comparison of environmental effects of steel- and concrete-framed buildings

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-101

  Guggemos, Angela Acree ^a   Horvath, Arpad ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Building frames; Buildings; Construction materials; Emissions; Energy consumption; Life cycles

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; HYDROCARBONS; LIFE CYCLE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WELDING;

ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; HYDROCARBON EMISSIONS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); TORCH CUTTING;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

BUILDING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

EID: 20844439588     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2005)11:2(93)     Document Type: Article

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