Analysis of Embodied Energy Requirements for Natural Dimensioned Stone Production in Jordan

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-132

  Alshboul, Abdulsalam A ^a   Alzoubi, Hussain H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Building materials; Dimensioned stone; Embodied energy; Process chart

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149095296     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/asre.2008.5116     Document Type: Article

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