An AHP-weighted Aggregated data quality indicator (AWADQI) approach for estimating embodied energy of building materials

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 764-773

  Wang, Endong ^a   Shen, Zhigang ^a   Neal, Jill ^b   Shi, Jonathan ^c   Berryman, Charles ^a   Schwer, Avery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

AHP; Buildingmaterials; Data uncertainty; DQI; Embodied energy; LCA

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE; GLASS; STEEL;

AGGREGATED DATA QUALITY INDICATOR; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84865128564     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0417-8     Document Type: Article

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