Life cycle energy and environmental analysis of partition wall systems in the UK

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 864-873

  Broun, Reza ^a   Menzies, Gillian F ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building materials; Embodied energy; Environmental impacts; LCA

Indexed keywords

BRICK; BUILDING CODES; BUILDING MATERIALS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LIFE CYCLE; PRESTRESSED MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CLAY BRICK WALLS; CONSUMED ENERGY; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENTIRE LIFE CYCLES; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ENERGIES; OPERATIONAL ENERGY; PARTITION WALLS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84255199676     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.2088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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