Assessing energy performance in the latest versions of Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method (HK-BEAM)

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-354

  Lee, W L ^a   Yik, F W H ^a   Burnett, J ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Energy budget approach; Energy performance assessment; HK BEAM

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS; ENERGY BUDGET APPROACH; ENERGY PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT METHODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33846515781     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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