Virtual water accounting for building: Case study for E-town, Beijing

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-15

  Meng, Jing ^a   Chen, G Q ^a,b   Shao, Ling ^a   Li, J S ^a   Tang, H S ^c   Hayat, T ^b,d   Alsaedi, A ^b   Alsaadi, F ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c City University of New York   (United States)

^d QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Green building; Hybrid method; Virtual water; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

BILL OF QUANTITIES; CHINESE ECONOMY; GREEN BUILDINGS; HYBRID METHOD; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL WATER; WATER CONSUMPTION;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84897114758     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.045     Document Type: Article

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