Energy Intensity of the Catalan Construction Sector: An Application of Material and Exergy Flow Analysis

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 699-709

  Hoque, Mohammad R ^a   Durany, Xavier Gabarrell i ^a   Sala, Cristina Sendra i ^a   Méndez, Gara Villalba ^a   Peiró, Laura Talens ^a   Huguet, Teresa Vicent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Construction and demolition waste; Industrial ecology; Material use efficiency; Recycling; Resource consumption; Thermodynamic framework

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; THERMODYNAMIC FRAMEWORK; USE EFFICIENCY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEMOLITION; EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; RECYCLING;

MATERIALS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DEMOLITION; EXERGY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANUFACTURING; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84867141852     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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