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Coasts, marine structures and breakwaters: Adapting to change: Proceedings of the 9th international conference organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held in Edinburgh on 16 to 18 September 2009
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William Allsop
William Allsop
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Emerald Publishing Limited
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1680/cmsb.41318
ISBN print:
978-0-7277-4159-2
Publication date:
2010
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Energy and carbon costing of breakwaters

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Tom Bruce;
Tom Bruce
School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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John Chick
John Chick
School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Tom Bruce, John Chick
School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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https://doi.org/10.1680/cmsb.41301.0051
  • Published:
    2010

  • Summary

  • Introduction

  • Embodied energy and embodied carbon

  • Methodology

  • Comparison of EE and EC in representative, equivalent breakwaters

  • Discussion: placing these values in context

  • Conclusions

  • Acknowledgements

  • References

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