Viewpoint: Carbon lifecycle assessment: an overview

Author: Jon Morris

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30 November 2012

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Viewpoint: Carbon lifecycle assessment: an overview

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Author

Jon Morris

Citation

The Structural Engineer, Volume 90, Issue 12, 2012, Page(s) 56-57

https://doi.org/10.56330/BSHG8522

Date published

30 November 2012

Author

Jon Morris

Citation

The Structural Engineer, Volume 90, Issue 12, 2012, Page(s) 56-57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56330/BSHG8522

Price

Standard: £9.95 + VAT
Members/Subscribers: Free

Jon Morris advocates seeing beyond initial embodied CO2 figures and to think in terms
of whole-life carbon content when considering the sustainability of a project.

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56-57
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The Institution of Structural Engineers

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