A matrix in life cycle perspective for selecting sustainable materials for buildings in Sri Lanka

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 997-1004

  Abeysundara, U G Yasantha ^a   Babel, Sandhya ^b   Gheewala, Shabbir ^c  

^a Ministry of Education   (Sri Lanka)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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

Author keywords

Economic Score; Embodied energy; Environmental impacts; Life cycle assessment; Material selection matrix; Social factor

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MATERIALS;

ECONOMIC SCORE; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATERIAL SELECTION MATRIX; SOCIAL FACTOR;

LIFE CYCLE;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATRIX; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 59149091295     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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