Basic building life cycle calculations to decrease contribution to climate change - Case study on an office building in Sweden

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1863-1871

  Wallhagen, Marita ^a,b   Glaumann, Mauritz ^a,b   Malmqvist, Tove ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Building design; Climate change; CO2 emissions; Energy use; Life cycle tool; Materials impact

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING LIFE CYCLE; BUILDING OPERATIONS; CO2 EMISSIONS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DESIGN EXPERIENCE; ENERGY CALCULATION; ENERGY USE; EUROPEAN PROJECT; IMPROVEMENT MEASURE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIFE CYCLE THINKING; LOW ENERGIES; MATERIAL CHOICE; OPERATIONAL ENERGY; RELATIVE IMPACT; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; WHITE GOODS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GALLIUM; LIFE CYCLE; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PRODUCTION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79956355058     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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