Integrated life cycle energy and greenhouse gas analysis of exterior wall systems for residential buildings

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8592-8603

  Broun, Reza ^a   Babaizadeh, Hamed ^b   Zakersalehi, Abolfazl ^a   Menzies, Gillian F ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^b STANTEC   (United States)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Exterior wall system; Greenhouse gas (GHG); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Primary energy; Residential building

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; WALL;

BRISTOL [ENGLAND]; EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; ENGLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84921047542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6128592     Document Type: Article

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