Environmental Impact Assessment of Buildings

• Main Author: Biswas, Wahidul K. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; wash water; greenhouse gases; environmental life cycle assessment; sustainable-development; transit-policy; public-engagement; Multilevel buildings; building integrated photovoltaic; slag; operational energy; life-cycle social analysis; building; travel-satisfaction; TEASER; BIPV; photocatalytic construction materials; functionalized aggregate; green star concrete; work-commute; shallow plan forms; life cycle assessment; recycled aggregate; environmental remediation; block of buildings; rain cladding; LCA; sustainability; peak shaving; residential building; indoor overheating; LCI; air pollution; environmental performance; service life; nitric oxides; thermal model; coloured glass; demand response; modal-variability
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This Special Issue covers a wide range of areas-including building orientation, service life, use of photocatalytically active structures and PV facades, implications of transportation system, building types (i.e., high rise, multilevel, commercial, residential), life cycle assessment, and structura...