Are the greenhouse gas implications of new residential developments understood wrongly?

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2874-2893

  Heinonen, Jukka ^a   Säynäjoki, Antti Juhani ^a   Kuronen, Matti ^b   Junnila, Seppo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b RAKLI The Finnish Association of Building Owners and Construction Clients   (Finland)

Author keywords

City; Climate change; Construction; Life cycle assessment; Low energy; Neighborhood; Resident

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; GREENHOUSE GASES; HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE;

CITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LOW-ENERGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84866526488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5082874     Document Type: Article

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