Impact of the lifespan of building external walls on greenhouse gas index

Building and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 654-661

  Mequignon, Marc ^a   Adolphe, Luc ^a   Thellier, Françoise ^a   Ait Haddou, Hassan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Toulouse   (France)

^c INSTITUT CHARLES GERHARDT   (France)

Author keywords

Buildings; Decision making; Greenhouse gas; Life cycle assessment; Lifespan; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AERATED CONCRETE; END OF LIVES; EXTERNAL WALLS; LIFE SPAN; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LIFESPANS; LONG SERVICE LIFE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS;

BUILDINGS; DECISION MAKING; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING; DECISION MAKING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WALL;

EID: 84870454852     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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