Taking the Time Characteristic into Account of Life Cycle Assessment: Method and Application for Buildings

Life cycle assessment (LCA) involves many temporal issues. It is necessary to make a clear distinction between long-term impacts and short-term impacts, especially for those structures with long service life, such as buildings. With their long service life of 50 years, a great deal of maintenance an...

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Main Author: Yurong Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-05-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/6/922