Life cycle assessment of buildings: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 871-875

  Sharma, Aashish ^a   Saxena, Abhishek ^b   Sethi, Muneesh ^c   Shree, Venu ^a   Varun, ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b MORADABAD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c IEET Baddi ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSUMER; GHG EMISSION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; OPERATIONAL PHASE;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDINGS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 78149411172     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.09.008     Document Type: Review

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