Environmental assessment of cement based products: Life cycle assessment and the ecoconcrete software tool

Proceedings of the International Conference on Achieving Sustainability in Construction

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 281-290

  Josa, A ^a   Gettu, R ^a   Aguado, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cement; Concrete; Environmental impact; LCI; LCIA; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; OZONE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONCRETE-RELATED INDUSTRIES; LCI; LCIA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT;

CEMENTS;

EID: 33645358894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1680/asic.34044.0033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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