Effect of construction materials on embodied energy and cost of buildings - A case study of residential houses in India up to 60 m2 of plinth area

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 260-266

  Bansal, Deepak ^a,b   Singh, Ramkishore ^a   Sawhney, R L ^a  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Human Settlement Management Institute (HSMI)   (India)

Author keywords

Cost effective house; Embodied energy (EBE); Energy efficient building materials; GHG; HUDCO

Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVED AERATED CONCRETE; CEMENTS; CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST ESTIMATING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLY ASH; HOUSES; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; LIME; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; COST EFFECTIVE; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; HUDCO; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84888633048     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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