Multi-criteria evaluation model for the selection of sustainable materials for building projects

Automation in Construction

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-125

  Akadiri, Peter O ^a   Olomolaiye, Paul O ^b   Chinyio, Ezekiel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Building material selection; Fuzzy logic; Multi criteria decision making; Sustainable criteria

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; MATERIAL SELECTION; MATERIAL SELECTION MODELS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE CRITERIA;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84870810378     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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