Realizing the environmental impact of soft materials: Criteria for utilization and design specification

Materials and Design

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 560-571

  Araji, Mohamad T ^a   Shakour, Sadeka Abdel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Design practice; Environmental design; Green materials specification; Sustainable soft materials

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DESIGN APPLICATIONS; DESIGN PRACTICE; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; END-USERS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GREEN MATERIALS; MAIN EFFECT; RATING SCALE; RESOURCES DEPLETION; RESPONSE RATE; SELECTION PROCESS; SOFT MATERIAL; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

DESIGN; SPECIFICATIONS; SURVEYS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84865060698     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.07.053     Document Type: Article

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