Analysing the life cycle greenhouse gas emission and energy consumption of a multi-storied commercial building in Singapore from an extended system boundary perspective

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 6-14

  Kua, Harn Wei ^a   Wong, Chee Long ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Integrated assessment; Integrated policies; Life cycle assessment; Singapore; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DESIGN MODIFICATIONS; EMBODIED ENERGY; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; MANAGEMENT OF WASTES; SINGAPORE; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84860565399     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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