Embodied carbon assessment of residential housing at urban scale

2020-01-01
A great majority of the previous research put extensive efforts on the evaluation of life cycle impacts and carbon footprint of single buildings. Analysis on single buildings often excludes components related with urban scale such as construction of infrastructure, distance to city centre and transportation. Research on neighbourhood-scale settlements is necessary to further develop the understanding of the environmental impact of built-environment.
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Citation Formats
N. C. Kayaçetin and A. M. Tanyer, “Embodied carbon assessment of residential housing at urban scale,” RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, pp. 0–0, 2020, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/30680.