A materials life cycle assessment of a net-zero energy building

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1125-1141

  Thiel, Cassandra L ^a   Campion, Nicole ^a   Landis, Amy E ^b   Jones, Alex K ^a   Schaefer, Laura A ^a,c   Bilec, Melissa M ^a,c  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Green buildings; Life cycle assessment; Living building challenge

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE;

COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES; EMBODIED ENERGY; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GREEN BUILDINGS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; LIVING BUILDINGS; NET-ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PITTSBURGH; PRODUCTION OF; PV SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL STEELS; SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE; USE PHASE;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84874727040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6021125     Document Type: Article

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