Life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis approach for the selection of building components according to their environmental impact efficiency: A case study for external walls

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 707-716

  Iribarren, Diego ^a,b   Marvuglia, Antonino ^b   Hild, Paula ^b   Guiton, Mélanie ^b   Popovici, Emil ^b   Benetto, Enrico ^b  

^a IMDEA ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Data envelopment analysis; Eco efficiency; External wall; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIFE CYCLE; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ECO-EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL BENCHMARKS; EXTERNAL WALLS; FUNCTIONAL HOMOGENEITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MATERIAL AND ENERGY FLOWS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84924005323     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.10.073     Document Type: Article

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