Energy and carbon audit of a rooftop wind turbine

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

Volumn 220, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 643-654

  Rankine, R K ^a   Chick, J P ^a   Harrison, Gareth P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Carbon emissions; Energy intensity; Life cycle analysis; Microgeneration; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON AUDIT; CARBON EMISSIONS; ENERGY INTENSITY; LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS; MICROGENERATION;

WIND TURBINES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE; WIND TURBINES;

EID: 33751245084     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE306     Document Type: Article

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