Life cycle assessment of exterior window shadings in residential buildings in different climate zones

Building and Environment

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 168-177

  Babaizadeh, Hamed ^a   Haghighi, Nasim ^b   Asadi, Somayeh ^c   Broun, Reza ^d   Riley, David ^c  

^a STANTEC   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Climate zones; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle cost (LCC); Multi attribute decision analysis; Solar shading system; Sustainable building material

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; BUILDING MOVING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOUSING; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE COSTS (LCC); MULTI-ATTRIBUTE DECISION ANALYSIS; SOLAR SHADING SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS;

LIFE CYCLE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; INDOOR AIR; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

EID: 84928105358     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.03.038     Document Type: Article

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