Environmental impacts and benefits of the end-of-life of building materials - Calculation rules, results and contribution to a "cradle to cradle" life cycle

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-45

  Silvestre, J D ^a   De Brito, J ^a   Pinheiro, M D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Building materials; Cradle to cradle; End of life; Environmental assessment; European standards; Life Cycle Assessment

Indexed keywords

CRADLE TO CRADLES; END-OF-LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA);

BUILDING MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RECYCLING; STANDARDS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84893725054     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.10.028     Document Type: Article

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