Significance of mobility in the life-cycle assessment of buildings

Building Research and Information

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 376-393

  Bastos, Joana ^a   Batterman, Stuart A ^b   Freire, Fausto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

buildings; environmental assessment; greenhouse gas emissions; life cycle; location; planning; primary energy; residential buildings; transport

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; LOCATION; PLANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PRIMARY ENERGIES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84946423463     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2016.1097407     Document Type: Article

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