Estimating the environmental suitability of wall materials: Preliminary results from Sri Lanka

Building and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1253-1261

  Emmanuel, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Environmental suitability index; Life cycle cost; Reusability; Sustainable construction

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; WALL MATERIALS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL;

EID: 2642575699     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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