Applying LCA and fuzzy AHP to evaluate building energy conservation

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-141

  Zheng, Guozhong ^a   Jing, Youyin ^a   Huang, Hongxia ^a   Gao, Yuefen ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Building energy conservation; Fuzzy AHP; LCA; Linguistic variables

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENT IMPACT; ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION; FUZZY AHP; INTEGRATED EVALUATION; LCA; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; LINGUISTIC VARIABLES; MEMBERSHIP DEGREES; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

BUILDINGS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; LIFE CYCLE; LINGUISTICS; RATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

BUILDING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 79956227427     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286608.2010.482655     Document Type: Article

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