A Building Life-Cycle Embodied Performance Index—The Relationship between Embodied Energy, Embodied Carbon and Environmental Impact

Knowledge and research tying the environmental impact and embodied energy together is a largely unexplored area in the building industry. The aim of this study is to investigate the practicality of using the ratio between embodied energy and embodied carbon to measure the building’s impact. This stu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ming Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/8/1905