Including embodied energy considerations at the conceptual stage of building design

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-288

  Yohanis, Y G ^a   Norton, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Energy modelling; Life cycle analysis

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE;

BUILDING DESIGN; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY MODELLING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDINGS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33744525729     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095765006X76009     Document Type: Article

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