When more is better - Comparative LCA of wall systems with stone

Building and Environment

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 628-639

  Ioannidou, D ^a   Zerbi, S ^b   Habert, G ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Hepia Haute école du paysage d'ingénierie et d'architecture de Genève ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dimension stone; Life cycle assessment; Masonry; Stone cladding; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DIMENSION STONE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MASONRY; MORE IS BETTERS; STONE CLADDING; WALL SYSTEMS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84908572746     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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