Integrated carbon metrics and assessment for the built environment

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages 480-485

  Teh, Soo Huey ^a   Wiedmann, Thomas ^a,b   Schinabeck, Judith ^a   Rowley, Hazel ^a   Moore, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Climate change; Embodied arbon emissions; Hybrid life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYBRID MATERIALS;

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES; HYBRID METHODOLOGIES; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MODELLING FRAMEWORK;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84939602175     PISSN: 22128271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2015.02.169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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