Research on Sustainable Management of Building Materials in China

Abstract:

With the development of economy and growth of population, China’s building materials has seen tremendous growth in recent years, more attention is paid to help manage the sustainability challenges of building materials. This paper tries to build a conceptual framework to integrate The Natural Step Framework, Life Cycle Assessment and Ecological Footprint and attempt to analyse how it works in the management of a sustainable transition.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 71-78)
• Pages: 1287-1291
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.71-78.1287
• Online since: July 2011
• Authors: Xiu Ying Tang, Tian Hui Zhang, Xue Mei Leng
• Keywords: Building Material, Ecological Footprint (EF), Life Cycle Assessment, Natural Step Framework, Sustainable Management

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