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Potential Health Risk of Endocrine Disruptors in Construction Sector and Plastics Industry: A New Paradigm in Occupational Health KU Leuven
Endocrine disruptors (EDs) belong to large and diverse groups of agents that may cause multiple biological effects associated with, for example, hormone imbalance and infertility, chronic diseases such as diabetes, genome damage and cancer. The health risks related with the exposure to EDs are typically underestimated, less well characterized, and not regulated to the same extent as, for example, carcinogens. The increased production and ...
Life cycle assessment in the construction sector Universiteit Antwerpen
The last decades, lowering the ecological impact of buildings is receiving increased attention by researchers, policy-makers and companies. Mostly the focus is on reducing energy consumption and the use of eco-friendly materials, but the concept of life-cycle thinking is growing in importance. This paper tries to give an overview of the current situation of Life cycle assessment (LCA) in the construction industry, both of regulatory developments ...
Re/Building Brussels. The construction sector and the production of urban space, from 1695 until today Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Portland clinker from by-products and recycled materials out of the building and construction sector Universiteit Gent
Evaluating sustainability in the Flemisch dwelling construction sector Universiteit Antwerpen
Reducing the ecological impact of housing is receiving increasing attention by researchers, policy-makers and industry. As a result of the EPBD 2010/31/EU (EPBD, 2010), the focus in Europe is primarily on reducing energy consumption. To generate a more complete picture of the environmental burdens and avoid problem-shifting, it is appropriate to work within a life cycle perspective. Different techniques like Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) exist and ...