Building simplified life cycle CO2 emissions assessment tool (B-SCAT) to support low-carbon building design in South Korea

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Roh, Seungjun ^a   Tae, Sungho ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

B SCAT; Life cycle CO2; Low carbon building design; Simplified life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84976298020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8060567     Document Type: Article

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