Carbon footprint and embodied energy consumption assessment of building construction works in Western Australia

International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 179-186

  Biswas, Wahidul K ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BMS; Building; Embodied energy; GHG emissions; LCA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999836775     PISSN: 22126090     EISSN: 22126104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsbe.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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