Life cycle sustainability performance assessment framework for residential modular buildings: Aggregated sustainability indices

Building and Environment

Volumn 138, Issue , 2018, Pages 21-41

  Kamali, Mohammad ^a   Hewage, Kasun ^a   Milani, Abbas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AHP; Benchmarking; ELECTRE; Life cycle performance; MCDA; Modular construction; Sustainability criteria; Sustainability indicators; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; SURVEYS;

ELECTRE; LIFE-CYCLE PERFORMANCE; MCDA; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; TOPSIS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; BENCHMARKING; BUILDING; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 85046013737     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.04.019     Document Type: Article

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