Eco-efficiency model for green building material in a subtropical climate

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 555-572

  Hsieh, Ting Ting ^a   Lai, Kwang Pang ^a   Chiang, Che Ming ^a   Ho, Ming Chin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

analytic hierarchy process; eco efficiency; fuzzy Delphi method; green building material (GBM)

Indexed keywords

ECO-EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; EVALUATION CRITERIA; EVALUATION INDICATORS; FUZZY DELPHI METHOD; GREEN BUILDING MATERIALS; RESOURCE INTENSITY; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DELPHI STUDY; ECO EFFICIENCY MODEL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN NEEDS; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAIWAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 84887367392     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2012.0476     Document Type: Article

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