Designing buildings to close the material resource loop

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 163-171

  Sassi, Paola ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Reclamation renovation; Recycling of materials

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; REUSABILITY;

ENVIRONMENT; MATERIAL RESOURCE LOOP; RECLAMATION & RENOVATION; RECYCLING OF MATERIALS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 27144457481     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ensu.2004.157.3.163     Document Type: Article

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