Embodied and operational carbon dioxide emissions from housing: A case study on the effects of thermal mass and climate change

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-384

  Hacker, Jacob N ^a   De Saulles, Tom P ^b   Minson, Andrew J ^c   Holmes, Michael J ^a  

^a ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^b British Cement Association   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; CO2 emissions; Embodied CO2; Housing; Lifecycle analysis; Overheating; Thermal mass

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ENGLAND; OVERHEATING; THERMAL MASS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 37449011970     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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