Service life estimation of cement-rendered facades

Building Research and Information

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-55

  Gaspar, Pedro L ^a   De Brito, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Durability factors; Facades; Factor method; Modifying factors; Reference service life; Rendering

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS;

DURABILITY FACTORS; FACTOR METHOD; MODIFYING FACTORS; REFERENCE SERVICE LIFE;

FACADES;

EID: 37049007413     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210701434164     Document Type: Article

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