Embodied carbon of building products during their supply chains: Case study of aluminium window in Australia

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 160-166

  Seo, Seongwon ^a   Kim, Junbeum ^b,c   Yum, Kwok Keung ^a   McGregor, James ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aluminium window; Building product; Embodied carbon; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; MANUFACTURE; MATERIALS HANDLING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ALUMINIUM EXTRUSIONS; BUILDING PRODUCTS; DESIGN CONTEXT; DESIGN OPTION; EMBODIED CARBONS; GATE SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MODELLING AND ANALYSIS;

LIFE CYCLE;

ALUMINUM; CARBON;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; CASE STUDY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 84946214609     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.10.024     Document Type: Article

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