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Environmental impacts of construction materials use: a life cycle perspective

Author: Ampofo-Anti, N Date: Feb 2009 To place construction on a truly sustainable path the green building movement needs a method which goes beyond subjective checklists of green features. Such a method must provide objective guidelines for a comprehensive assessment of the ... Read more
From path to process – transitioning from green to sustainable materials use

Author: Ampofo-Anti, N Date: Mar 2014 Building and construction activities consume more raw materials by weight than any other industry sector – about 50% of all the materials extracted from the Earth’s crust annually are transformed into building and construction materials and ... Read more
IAQ performance of interior finishing products and the role of LCA

Author: Ampofo-Anti, N Date: Jan 2010 The environmental rating and certification of products is a voluntary, market-based response by industry and business to the consumer’s perceptions of the importance of the environment. On the one hand, environmental product certification ... Read more
Material selection and embodied energy

Author: Ampofo-Anti, N Date: Nov 2010 The building life cycle demands both operational and embodied energy. It has been estimated that in conventional buildings, operational energy represents approximately 80-90% of total life cycle energy, while embodied energy accounts for the ... Read more
Sustainable materials in building and architecture

Author: Van Wyk, Llewellyn V ; Mapiravana, Joseph ; Ampofo-Anti, N Date: Jan 2012 Most buildings up to the early nineteenth century, with the notable exception of prestigious public buildings, were constructed from easily available local materials. In the nineteenth century, developments in transport modes enabled the ... Read more

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