%T Towards an integrated approach for evaluating both the life cycle environmental and financial performance of a building: a review %A Monique Fouche %A Robert H. Crawford %D 2017 %J Procedia Engineering %K Climate change mitigation, %K Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions, %K Sustainable building design and construction %P 118-127 %R 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.171 %U https://apo.org.au/node/233761 %V 180 %X A building is responsible for the emission of a significant amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the various stages of its life cycle. Industry and government have been primarily focused on assessing and implementing mitigation measures related to the operational GHG emissions of buildings, leaving the emissions related to other life cycle stages, such as raw material extraction and maintenance, largely ignored. %9 Journal article