Indicator based sustainability assessment tool for affordable housing construction technologies

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 353-364

  Wallbaum, H ^a   Ostermeyer, Y ^a   Salzer, C ^a   Zea Escamilla, E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affordable; Assessment; Housing; Materials; Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE; AFFORDABLE HOUSING; ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT INDICATOR; ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; BIO-BASED MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION; TECHNICAL INFORMATION;

HOUSING; MATERIALS; PLANNING; RATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; GRADING;

TECHNOLOGY;

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; BAMBOO; CONCRETE; DATABASE; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84855209838     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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