Integrated life-cycle design of building enclosures

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1469-1479

  Mora, Rodrigo ^a   Bitsuamlak, Girma ^b   Horvat, Miljana ^c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building enclosure; Building integration; Building science; Life cycle; Service life

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENCLOSURE; BUILDING INTEGRATION; BUILDING SCIENCE; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CYCLE PERFORMANCE; DESIGN PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FORMAL APPROACH; INTEGRATION FRAMEWORKS; ITERATIVE METHODOLOGY; LIFE PERFORMANCE; LIFE-CYCLE DESIGN; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; PERFORMANCE ASPECTS; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN; TEST PROTOCOLS; TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS; UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES;

DESIGN; ENCLOSURES; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; SERVICE LIFE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MODELING;

EID: 79951949380     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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