Emergy-based life cycle assessment (Em-LCA) for sustainability appraisal of built environment

Construction and operation of built environment including various types of buildings (such as commercial, residential, institutional) and urban infrastructures are facing challenges because of accelerated pace of resource depletion, waste generation, high energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emi...

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Main Author: Reza, Bahareh
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44444