Title

An investigation of the potential of dematerialization to reduce the life cycle embodied energy of buildings

Journal title

Archives of Civil Engineering

Yearbook

2021

Volume

vol. 67

Issue

No 4

Affiliation

Celadyn, Waclaw : Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, ul. Podchorążych 1, 30-084 Cracow, Poland

Authors

Celadyn, Waclaw

Keywords

building’s durability ; building technologies ; sustainable technologies

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

59-77

Publisher

WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING and COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

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Date

2021.12.30

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/ace.2021.138486