Energy use and environmental impacts of the Swedish building and real estate management sector

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 394-404

  Toller, Susanna ^a,b   Wadeskog, Anders ^c   Finnveden, Göran ^a   Malmqvist, Tove ^d   Carlsson, Annica ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Ecoloop AB   (Sweden)

^c Environmental Accounts   (Sweden)

^d KTH ^*

Author keywords

Construction; Hybrid life cycle assessment; Indoor environment; Industrial ecology; Policy integration; Sector responsibility

Indexed keywords

HYBRID LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; POLICY INTEGRATION; SECTOR RESPONSIBILITY;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDING MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEATING; LIFE CYCLE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PLANNING; RATING; SOLID WASTES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

BIOMONITORING; BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITIZATION; SOLID WASTE; TOXICOLOGY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80955180946     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2011.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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