Lifecycle assessment for sustainable design options of a commercial building in Shanghai

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1415-1421

  Wang, Nannan ^a   Chang, Yen Chiang ^a   Nunn, Chris ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Faithful Gould   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group decision making; Life cycle assessment; Multi criteria decision making; Sustainability; Sustainable building design

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL COSTS; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; DECISION MAKERS; DESIGN OF BUILDINGS; DESIGN OPTION; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; DESIGN STRATEGIES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC LIFE; EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GROUP DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL PRACTITIONERS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT TOOLS; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LONG LASTING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; RUNNING COST; STRATEGIC DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DESIGN;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RETAIL STORES; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CAPITAL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 76149094826     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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