Developed sustainable scoring system for structural materials evaluation

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-119

  Bakhoum, Emad S ^a,b   Brown, David C ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Structural materials; Sustainability; Sustainable construction

Indexed keywords

MATERIAL RESOURCES; MEASUREMENT SCALE; SCORING SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS; TOTAL LIFE;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

MATERIALS;

EID: 84874471618     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000412     Document Type: Article

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