Life cycle assessment of two dwellings: One in Spain, a developed country, and one in Colombia, a country under development

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2435-2443

  Ortiz Rodríguez, Oscar ^a,b   Castells, Francesc ^a   Sonnemann, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Electricity supply; Environmental impacts; LCA; Single buildings

Indexed keywords

BARCELONA; BUILDING LIFE CYCLE; COLOMBIA; CONSUMPTION HABIT; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; END-OF-LIFE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; USE PHASE;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LIFE CYCLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CLIMATE; COLOMBIA; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL;

COLOMBIA; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; SPAIN; URBAN RENEWAL;

COLOMBIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77951766193     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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