Developing a carbon footprint calculator for construction buildings

Construction Research Congress 2012: Construction Challenges in a Flat World, Proceedings of the 2012 Construction Research Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1689-1699

  Harmouche, Nicolas ^a   Ammouri, Ali ^a   Srour, Issam ^a   Chehab, Ghassan ^a   Hamade, Ramsey ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; MATERIAL CHOICE; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH TEAMS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS; RESEARCH;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84866262439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784412329.170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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