Environmental impacts and thermal insulation performance of innovative composite solutions for building applications

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 406-414

  La Rosa, A D ^a   Recca, A ^a   Gagliano, A ^a   Summerscales, J ^b   Latteri, A ^a   Cozzo, G ^a   Cicala, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio based epoxy resin; Eco sandwich; Granulated cork; Life cycle assessment; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894047672     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.01.054     Document Type: Article

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