Greenhouse Gas Reduction Opportunities for Local Governments: A Quantification and Prioritization Framework [PDF]
, 2020 Local governments have steadily increased their initiative to address global climate change, and many present their proposed strategies through climate action plans (CAPs). This study conducts a literature review on current local approaches to greenhouse
Butt, Ali A. +5 more
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Life cycle assessment of white roof and sedum-tray garden roof for office buildings in China [PDF]
, 2019 White roof (WR) and Sedum lineare tray garden roof (STGR) have been convinced to improve the energy-efficiency and provide various benefits for conventional impervious grey roofs.
Gao, Y +5 more
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ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS DURING THE LIFE CYCLE OF BUILDINGS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2022 In the built environment, the sustainability assessment covers the stages of a building’s life cycle, namely: material production, construction, operation, maintenance, demolition and disposal.
CARAIMAN ADRIAN-COSMIN
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Life Cycle Assessment of Representative Swiss Road Pavements for National Roads with an Accompanying Life Cycle Cost Analysis [PDF]
, 2013 The subject of this paper is an environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) of processes needed to construct and maintain representative Swiss asphalt, concrete and composite pavements (including subbase layers ...
Gschösser, Florian, Wallbaum, Holger
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Life-cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) on Steel Bridge Pavement Structural Composition
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013 AbstractIn this paper, double-layer SMA structure、GA+ SMA、EA+SMA are the main study object, and the net present value analysis is chosen, obtaining the life cycle cost net present value(NPV) of three pavement structural composition by determining cost structure, life cycle and discount rate.
Zhang, Dejia, Ye, Fen, Yuan, Jingfen
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Material Alternatives for Concrete Structures on Remote Islands: Based on Life-Cycle-Cost Analysis
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2022 Corrosion is an unavoidable problem for RC structures in harsh marine environment, which encourages the application of high-performance concrete (HPC) and corrosion-resistant reinforcements, such as stainless steel (SS), stainless-clad bimetallic steel ...
Guiwen Liu +4 more
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Reducing Voltage Volatility with Step Voltage Regulators: A Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Korean Solar Photovoltaic Distributed Generation [PDF]
, 2019 To meet the United Nation’s sustainable development energy goal, the Korean Ministry of Commerce announced they would increase renewable energy generation to 5.3% by 2029.
Alleman, Douglas +2 more
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Analysis of Life Cycle Cost [PDF]
, 2016 Life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) is an economic method of project evaluation in which all costs of the project incurred over its life period are considered to be potentially important to design decision. LCCA is particularly suitable for the evaluation of
, Avinash Bhaskar Chate, Pranay Khare
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Environmentally friendly pathways for the evaluation of investment projects using life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) [PDF]
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2015 Issues related to improvement in the quality of products and to environmental protection in the economic policy of many countries and in the strategies of institutions and international organisations (e.g. European Union) have increased in importance in recent years as a consequence of the increase in environmental awareness of consumers.
Kulczycka, Joanna, Smol, Marzena
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Life-cycle cost analysis of bridges subjected to fatigue damage
Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience, 2021 Life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) is a decision-making tool particularly useful for the design of bridges as it predicts lifetime expenses and supports the inspections management and the maintenance activities.
Stefano Sacconi +3 more
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