Embodied carbon: The concealed impact of residential construction

Green Energy and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2010, Pages 367-384

  Hammond, Geoffrey P ^a   Jones, Craig I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLOBAL WARMING;

BIO-CAPACITY; EMBODIED CARBONS; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84862874252     PISSN: 18653529     EISSN: 18653537     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1017-2_23     Document Type: Article

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