Embodied energy of building materials and green building rating systems - A case study for industrial halls

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 67-71

  Lee, Bruno ^a   Trcka, Marija ^a   Hensen, Jan L M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Green building rating; Industrial hall; Life cycle energy analysis; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959869938     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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