Mitigating climate change by minimising the carbon footprint and embodied energy of construction materials: A comparative analysis of three South African Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations

Mitigating climate change by minimising the carbon footprint and embodied energy of construction materials: A comparative analysis of three South African Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations

This article investigates the role that architecture can play in mitigating climate change by comparing the environmental impact of construction material use in two existing South African Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations in Johannesburg and Cape Town and a proposed BRT station for Tshwane. The artic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jan Hugo, Hennie Stoffberg, Arthur Barker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2012-12-01
Series:Acta Structilia
Subjects:
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Carbon footprint
Climate change
Construction materials
Embodied energy
Life-cycle analysis
Resource consumption
Online Access:http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/as/article/view/127

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