Materials composition or energy characteristic - What is more important in environmental life cycle of buildings?

Building and Environment

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-27

  Pajchrowski, Grzegorz ^a   Noskowiak, Andrzej ^a   Lewandowska, Anna ^b   Strykowski, Wladyslaw ^a  

^a Starszy Specjalista W Sieci Badawczej Lukasiewicz Poznanskim Instytucie Technologicznym   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Building material; Buildings; Environmental impact; Life cycle

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENERGY CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING;

CONSTRUCTION;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887564828     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.10.012     Document Type: Article

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