Sustainable materials for low carbon buildings

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-181

  Venkatarama Reddy, B V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon emission; Embodied energy; Low carbon material; Sustainable construction

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; BUILDING SYSTEMS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; EMBODIED ENERGY; LOW CARBON; NATURAL MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 77950541903     PISSN: 17481317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijlct/ctp025     Document Type: Article

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