Establishing energy consumption benchmarks for commercial complexes in Hong Kong

HKIE Transactions Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 40-47

  Yik, Francis W H ^a   Chan, K T ^a   Lee, W L ^a   Sat, Paul S K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Commercial Buildings; Energy Efficiency; Premises Energy Characteristics; Variable Energy Consumption Benchmarks

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BENCHMARKING; BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS; PREMISES ENERGY CHARACTERISTICS; VARIABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 0035413717     PISSN: 1023697X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1023697X.2001.10667847     Document Type: Article

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