Using lean practices to improve current carbon labelling schemes for construction materials- a general framework

Journal of Green Building

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 173-191

  Wu, Peng ^a   Feng, Yingbin ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Climate change; Lean production; Prefabrication; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859387882     PISSN: 15526100     EISSN: 19434618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3992/jgb.7.1.173     Document Type: Article

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