Life-cycle assessment (LCA) of concrete with recycled aggregates (RAs)

Handbook of Recycled Concrete and Demolition Waste

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 569-604

  Marinkovic S B ^a   Ignjatovic I ^a   Radonjanin, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Allocation; Demolished concrete; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Recycled aggregate concrete (RAC); Recycled concrete aggregate; Waste management systems

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; LIFE CYCLE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALLOCATION; DEMOLISHED CONCRETES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RECYCLED AGGREGATE CONCRETE; RECYCLED CONCRETE AGGREGATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 84942805206     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857096906.4.569     Document Type: Chapter

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