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8. Case Study of a Precast Concrete Factory

Authors : Peng Wu, Sui Pheng Low

Published in: Lean and Cleaner Production

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Reducing the environmental footprint of concrete is of vital importance for the construction industry to achieve sustainability. Some researchers were currently concerned with how a concrete structure might be designed to be green and sustainable. Due to the importance of global climate change and greenhouse gases, the term “CO₂ emissions” was often used as one indicator to highlight whether or not the product was environmentally sustainable. Many environmental labelling programmes have been initiated to include CO₂ emissions as an important consideration, such as the UK Ecopoints and Blue Angle.

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Title: Case Study of a Precast Concrete Factory
Authors: Peng Wu
Sui Pheng Low
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book: Lean and Cleaner Production
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-42061-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-42062-7

Copyright Year: 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-42062-7_8

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