Stay cool with less work: China's new energy-efficiency standards for air conditioners

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1090-1095

  Lin, Jiang ^a   Rosenquist, Gregory ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Energy efficiency standards; Room air conditioners

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ELECTRIC GENERATION CAPACITY; ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES; ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS (RACS);

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

EID: 39149089609     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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