Heating energy consumption and resulting environmental impact of European apartment buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 429-442

  Balaras, Constantinos A ^a   Droutsa, Kalliopi ^a   Dascalaki, Elena ^a   Kontoyiannidis, Simon ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Audits; Energy consumption; Environmental impact; Heating; INVESTIMMO; Residential buildings

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COAL; ELECTRIC LIGHTING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL ECONOMY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LIFE CYCLE; PUBLIC POLICY; SPACE HEATING; THERMAL INSULATION;

AIRBORNE EMISSIONS; AUDITS; INVESTIMMO; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS;

APARTMENT HOUSES;

EID: 13244277758     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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