Sustainable construction: Life cycle energy analysis of construction on sloping sites for residential buildings

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 254-265

  Ding, Grace ^a   Forsythe, Perry John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction process; detached dwelling; energy consumption

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL STRESS; AUSTRALIA; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; DETACHED DWELLING; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; LAND SCARCITY; LIFE CYCLE ENERGIES; LIFE CYCLE ENERGY ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS; SOIL TYPES; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GROUNDWATER; HOUSING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CONSTRUCTION;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84874762800     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.761716     Document Type: Article

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