Embodied energy of construction materials: Integrating human and capital energy into an IO-based hybrid model

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1936-1945

  Dixit, Manish K ^a   Culp, Charles H ^b   Fernandez Solis, Jose L ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CARBON; HYBRID MATERIALS; LIFE CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; EMBODIED ENERGY; GLOBAL ENERGY; HYBRID METHOD; HYBRID MODEL; INPUT-OUTPUT; OPERATING ENERGIES; WHOLE LIFE CYCLES;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

ADHESIVE AGENT; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM SULFATE; CEMENT; CONCRETE; COPPER; GLASS; LIMESTONE; MINERAL; PAINT; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; STEEL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CALCULATION; CAPITAL; ENERGY; HUMAN;

EID: 84963951653     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503896v     Document Type: Article

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