CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Top Cited Papers
- 21 November 2004
- journal article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Environment and Resources
- Vol. 29 (1) , 181-204
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.energy.29.062403.102215
Abstract
▪ Abstract No other industry in the United States uses more materials by weight than the construction industry. Because of its economic strength and societal importance, it is also a significant polluter and a target of growing stakeholder scrutiny. This review offers an extended, supply chain inclusive framework for the study of the construction industry that serves all the life-cycle stages of society's infrastructure systems, and it summarizes selected literature on the life-cycle environmental assessment of construction materials, designs, and processes. On the basis of identified knowledge gaps, a research agenda is discussed for lesser-studied questions in order to first understand and then eventually reduce the environmental impacts of construction materials, processes, and activities.Keywords
This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
- Cement Manufacture and the Environment Part II: Environmental Challenges and OpportunitiesJournal of Industrial Ecology, 2003
- Cement Manufacture and the Environment: Part I: Chemistry and TechnologyJournal of Industrial Ecology, 2002
- CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM THE GLOBAL CEMENT INDUSTRYAnnual Review of Energy and the Environment, 2001
- ENERGY ANDMATERIALFLOWTHROUGH THEURBANECOSYSTEMAnnual Review of Energy and the Environment, 2000
- HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY GAINS FROM BETTER INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCYAnnual Review of Energy and the Environment, 2000
- Life‐Cycle Energy, Costs, and Strategies for Improving a Single‐Family HouseJournal of Industrial Ecology, 2000
- Applications of Environmental Valuation for Determining Externality CostsEnvironmental Science & Technology, 2000
- Energy and greenhouse gas emissions associated with the construction of alternative structural systemsBuilding and Environment, 1998
- Peer Reviewed: Economic Input–Output Models for Environmental Life-Cycle AssessmentEnvironmental Science & Technology, 1998
- Comparison of Environmental Implications of Asphalt and Steel-Reinforced Concrete PavementsTransportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1998