Energy and environmental indicators related to construction of office buildings

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 86-95

  Dimoudi, A ^a,b   Tompa, C ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Construction materials environmental assessment; Embodied energy; Sustainable construction

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; REINFORCEMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BUILDING ENVELOPES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EMBODIED ENERGIES; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY NEEDS; ENERGY-EFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; EXTERNAL WALLS; MATERIAL PRODUCTIONS; OPERATIONAL ENERGIES; REINFORCEMENT STEELS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SULFATE;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS WASTE; GREENHOUSE; METHODOLOGY; WOOD;

EID: 56749104274     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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