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100 1 _aLane, Thomas
245 0 0 _aOur dark materials
260 _c2007
490 0 _aBuilding
_v272(8505) 9 November 2007, 44-47(4)
520 _aLooks at the embodied energy content of buildings, and examines why it is becoming increasingly important. Notes that embodied energy makes up a much higher percentage of a low-energy building's total lifetime carbon footprint that one that uses lots of energy. Such figures have prompted calls for legislation to regulate embodied energy. Explores this issue in more detail and considers ways to cut embodied energy. Provides a calculation for the embodied energy content of One Kingdom St, PaddingtonCentral, west London.
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690 _aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION
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