Environmental life cycle assessment of a commercial office building in Thailand

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 498-511

  Kofoworola, Oyeshola F ^a   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment; Office building; Primary energy consumption; Thailand

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; COMBUSTION; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; LIFE CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE; THAILAND; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 51749102421     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-008-0012-1     Document Type: Article

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