Sustainability assessment of flooring systems in the city of Tehran: An AHP-based life cycle analysis

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2053-2066

  Reza, Bahareh ^a   Sadiq, Rehan ^a   Hewage, Kasun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Block joisted flooring system; Life cycle analysis (LCA); Sustainable construction

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; BLOCK JOISTED FLOORING SYSTEM; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION SYSTEM; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; COST EFFECTIVE; ECO-FRIENDLY; ECONOMIC CONCERNS; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY LOSS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS (LCA); MAINTENANCE COST; MATERIAL COST; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUE; RESOURCE DEPLETION; ROBUST DECISIONS; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; SOCIO-POLITICAL ISSUES; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS; USING LIFE; VIABLE SOLUTIONS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOORS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; MAINTENANCE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POLYSTYRENES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78650858064     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.11.041     Document Type: Article

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