| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 159 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
PocketArchitecture: technical design series |
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PocketArchitecture, technical design series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 LCA: environmental accounting; 1.2 LCA: strengths and weaknesses; 1.3 LCA in the building industry; Chapter 2. Life Cycle Assessment Fundamentals; 2.1 The LCA goal; 2.2 The LCA scope; 2.3 Inventory analysis; 2.4 Impact assessment; 2.5 Interpretation; Chapter 3. Environmental Impacts; 3.1 Acidification; 3.2 Climate change; 3.3 Eutrophication; 3.4 Ozone depletion; 3.5 Smog formation 3.6 Human health and eco-toxicity3.7 Resource use and depletion; 3.8 Consumption of freshwater; 3.9 Waste generation; 3.10 Material re-use and recycling; Chapter 4. Life Cycle Assessment Data; 4.1 Inventory input: material and energy; 4.2 Inventory emissions: unit process data; 4.3 Inventory emissions: economic input-output data; 4.4 Analysis: attributional vs. consequential; 4.5 Analysis: data quality; 4.6 Analysis: allocation; 4.7 Analysis: calculation methods; Chapter 5. Life Cycle Assessment Standards; 5.1 Critical review; 5.2 Comparative assertions 5.3 Environmental labels: EPDs and more5.4 Building industry-specific standards; Chapter 6. Methodical Challenges; 6.1 Allocation: by-product, co-product or waste?; 6.2 Allocation: recycling methodology; 6.3 Allocation: biologically-based carbon; 6.4 Uncertainty: data variability in product LCA; 6.5 Uncertainty: variability in whole building LCA; 6.6 Uncertainty: end-of-life assumptions; Chapter 7. Implementing Life Cycle Assessment; 7.1 LCA: optimism, pessimism and perspective; 7.2 LCA resources; Bibliography; Index of Standard Definitions; Index |
| Summary |
"Addresses the dynamic and dialectic of building and ecology, presenting the key theories and techniques surrounding the use of life cycle assessment data and methods ... a guide for architects, engineers, and builders, presenting the principles and art of performing life cycle impact assessments of materials and whole buildings, including the need to define meaningful goals and objectives and critically evaluate analysis assumptions."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBL, viewed August 5, 2014) |
| Subject |
Building -- Planning
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Building materials -- Service life.
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Buildings -- Environmental aspects
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Environmental impact analysis.
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Sustainable construction.
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Environmental impact statements.
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durability.
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environmental impact statements.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Construction -- General.
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Environmental impact statements
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Building materials -- Service life
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Building -- Planning
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Buildings -- Environmental aspects
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Environmental impact analysis
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Sustainable construction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317697367 |
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1317697367 |
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9781315778730 |
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1315778734 |
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9781317697350 |
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1317697359 |
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1306661714 |
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9781306661713 |
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