Environmental impacts over the life cycle of residential buildings using different exterior wall systems

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-221

  Kahhat, Ramzy ^a   Crittenden, John ^b   Sharif, Fariya ^a   Fonseca, Ernesto ^c   Li, Ke ^d   Sawhney, Anil ^e   Zhang, Peng ^f  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

^e BuildFlow   (India)

^f Hoskin Ryan Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Buildings, residential; Construction materials; Environmental issues; Walls

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION INDEX; ARIZONA; BUILDINGS, RESIDENTIAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; END OF LIVES; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY USAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; EXTERIOR WALLS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HOT CLIMATE; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE; LIFE SPAN; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MODELING SOFTWARES; OPERATIONAL ENERGY; R VALUE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; RESOURCE USE; SOFTWARE TOOL; STEEL STUDS; STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANELS; THERMAL MASS; USE PHASE; WALL SYSTEMS; WALLS; WATER POLLUTION INDEX; WOOD FRAME;

AIR QUALITY; APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDING CODES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; SOLID WASTES; STEEL; STUDS (FASTENERS); STUDS (STRUCTURAL MEMBERS); WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER POLLUTION; WOOD;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; SOFTWARE; WALL;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; CONSERVATION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENERGY; LIFE CYCLE; SOLID WASTES; STEEL; WALLS; WATER POLLUTION; WOOD;

EID: 69249131785     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2009)15:3(211)     Document Type: Article

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