Life cycle inventory of buildings: A contribution analysis

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 964-967

  Verbeeck, G ^a   Hens, H ^b  

^a PHL University College   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Energy savings; Extremely low energy houses; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle interpretation; Residential buildings

Indexed keywords

EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY SAVING; LIFE CYCLE INTERPRETATION; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LOW-ENERGY HOUSE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

AIR QUALITY; APARTMENT HOUSES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFE CYCLE; MODEL BUILDINGS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BUILDING; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; INVENTORY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 71949099145     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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