Embodied energy analysis of adobe house

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 755-761

  Shukla, Ashish ^a   Tiwari, G N ^b   Sodha, M S ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Adobe house; Embodied energy; Energy pay back time

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; MAINTENANCE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

ADOBE HOUSE; ADOBE HOUSES; COW DUNGS; EMBODIED ENERGIES; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY PAY BACK TIME; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLIEST; INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGIES; LOW ENERGIES; MAIN STRUCTURES; NEW DELHI; SPECIAL FEATURES;

HOUSES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; NEW DELHI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 54149086502     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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