Specific emergy of cement and concrete: An energy-based appraisal of building materials and their transport

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 647-656

  Pulselli, R M ^a   Simoncini, E ^a   Ridolfi, R ^a   Bastianoni, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building materials; Cement; Concrete; Emergy investment; Energy hierarchy; Environmental accounting; Specific emergy; Transport

Indexed keywords

CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CONCRETES; ECOSYSTEMS; FOSSIL FUELS; NATURAL RESOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY;

CONCRETE PRODUCTION; ENERGY INVESTMENT; ENERGY INVESTMENT RATIO (EIR); FOSSIL FUELS COMBUSTION;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

CEMENT; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONCRETE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENERGY USE; EXPLOITATION; EXTRACTION METHOD; FOSSIL FUEL; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INVESTMENT; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; RECYCLING; SOLAR POWER; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 40649111634     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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