Greenhouse gas emission from construction stage of wooden buildings

International Wood Products Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 217-223

  Takano, A ^a   Pittau, F ^b   Hafner, A ^c   Ott, S ^d   Hughes, M ^a   De Angelis, E ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Construction; Greenhouse gas emission; Life cycle assessment; Wooden building

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; WOODEN BUILDINGS; WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION STAGES; CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS; CONSTRUCTION WORKS; EFFICIENT CONSTRUCTION; EMBODIED EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE STAGES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84908489089     PISSN: 20426445     EISSN: 20426453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2042645314Y.0000000077     Document Type: Article

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