Improving the sustainability performance of Western Australian house construction: A life cycle management approach
Addressing sustainability is a major issue for Australian building sector as it is responsible for 20% of total energy consumption and 23% of GHG emissions. This research has developed a comprehensive life cycle management framework that integrates the NatHERS energy rating tool, life cycle assessme...
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| author | Lawania, Krishna Kumar |
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| description | Addressing sustainability is a major issue for Australian building sector as it is responsible for 20% of total energy consumption and 23% of GHG emissions. This research has developed a comprehensive life cycle management framework that integrates the NatHERS energy rating tool, life cycle assessment, cleaner production strategies, life cycle costing, and socio-political factors for improving the sustainability performance of construction of houses in Western Australia. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-17052017-02-20T06:38:21Z Improving the sustainability performance of Western Australian house construction: A life cycle management approach Lawania, Krishna Kumar Addressing sustainability is a major issue for Australian building sector as it is responsible for 20% of total energy consumption and 23% of GHG emissions. This research has developed a comprehensive life cycle management framework that integrates the NatHERS energy rating tool, life cycle assessment, cleaner production strategies, life cycle costing, and socio-political factors for improving the sustainability performance of construction of houses in Western Australia. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1705 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Lawania, Krishna Kumar Improving the sustainability performance of Western Australian house construction: A life cycle management approach |
| title | Improving the sustainability performance of Western Australian house construction: A life cycle management approach |
| title_full | Improving the sustainability performance of Western Australian house construction: A life cycle management approach |
| title_fullStr | Improving the sustainability performance of Western Australian house construction: A life cycle management approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving the sustainability performance of Western Australian house construction: A life cycle management approach |
| title_short | Improving the sustainability performance of Western Australian house construction: A life cycle management approach |
| title_sort | improving the sustainability performance of western australian house construction: a life cycle management approach |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1705 |