A value engineering analysis of timber windows

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-155

  Asif, M ^b   Muneer, T ^a   Kubie, J ^b  

^a Royal Society Millennium Fellow   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CLADDING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DURABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; MAINTENANCE; SERVICE LIFE; TIMBER; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ALUMINUM CLAD TIMBER WINDOWS; TIMBER WINDOWS;

WINDOWS;

EID: 22144451865     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0143624405bt122oa     Document Type: Article

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