Assessment of the environmental performance of buildings: A critical evaluation of the influence of technical building equipment on residential buildings

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1116-1130

  Passer, Alexander ^a   Kreiner, Helmuth ^a   Maydl, Peter ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Embodied and operational energy; Environmental performance of residential buildings; Integrated LCA (iLCA); Technical building equipment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HOME; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84868207934     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0435-6     Document Type: Article

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