Life cycle assessment: A case study of a dwelling home in Scotland

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1391-1394

  Asif, M ^a   Muneer, T ^a   Kelley, R ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Global warming; Life cycle assessment; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE;

EMBODIED ENERGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; SEMI DETACHED HOUSE;

HOUSES;

BUILDING MATERIALS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOUSES; LIFE CYCLE;

ALUMINUM; CERAMICS; CONCRETE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLASS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751184918     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.11.023     Document Type: Article

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