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Zoysia Soil-Less Green Roof’s Performance: A Life Cycle Assessment

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 26 (2022): Issue 1 (January 2022)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0072 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 955 - 967
Published on: Nov 5, 2022
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Climate change mitigation,
ecological footprint,
environmental impact analysis,
Global Warming Potential (GWP),
nature-based solutions,
ReCiPe,
SimaPro
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

© 2022 Desirée Muscas, Fabiana Frota De Albuquerque Landi, Claudia Fabiani, David Grohmann, Lucia Rocchi, published by Riga Technical University
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