The importance of embodied energy in carbon footprint assessment

Structural Survey

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-60

  Alwan, Zaid ^a   Jones, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BIM; Carbon emissions; Embodied carbon; Operational carbon

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIM; BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING; CARBON EMISSIONS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMBODIED CARBONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LOW-CARBON BUILDINGS; OPERATIONAL ENERGY;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84897098999     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SS-01-2013-0012     Document Type: Article

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