A sustainable analysis of a detached house heating system throughout its life cycle. A case study

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-155

  Sasnauskaitė, Violeta ^a   Užšilaitytė, Lina ^a   Rogoža, Artur ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

3E criteria; CO2 emissions; Energy consumption; Heating system; LCA

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349092276     PISSN: 1648715X     EISSN: 16489179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1648715X.2007.9637566     Document Type: Article

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