Life Cycle Assessment of a passive house in a seismic temperate zone

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 463-472

  Proietti, Stefania ^a   Sdringola, Paolo ^a   Desideri, Umberto ^a   Zepparelli, Francesco ^a   Masciarelli, Francesco ^b   Castellani, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Francesco Masciarelli Architects   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Life Cycle Assessment; Low energy building; Passive house

Indexed keywords

ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES; ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LOW ENERGY BUILDINGS; ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION; PASSIVE HOUSE; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BUILDING CODES; DEMOLITION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING; HOUSES; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84879096860     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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