Life cycle assessment of layers of green roofs

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 153-162

  Bozorg Chenani, Sanaz ^a,b   Lehvävirta, Susanna ^a   Häkkinen, Tarja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Green roof layers; LCA; Meadow roof; Sedum roof; Vegetative roofs

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE;

DIFFERENT LAYERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE; GREEN ROOF; GREEN ROOF SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; VEGETATIVE ROOFS;

ROOFS;

SEDUM;

EID: 84923059678     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.070     Document Type: Article

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