Environmental impact of acoustic materials in residential buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2166-2175

  Yu, Chia Jen ^a   Kang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Ecopoint; Environmental impact; Material; Residential buildings; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MATERIALS; ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE; APARTMENT BUILDINGS; BUILDING TYPES; ECOPOINT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LIVING ROOMS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; REVERBERATION TIME; SOUND TRANSMISSION LOSS; SUSTAINABILITY; WALL MATERIALS; WALL TYPES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; APARTMENT HOUSES; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDINGS; MATERIALS; REVERBERATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ACOUSTICS; BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 67349110413     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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