Do LEED-certified buildings save energy? Yes, but...

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 897-905

  Newsham, Guy R ^a   Mancini, Sandra ^a   Birt, Benjamin J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commercial buildings; Energy; Green buildings; Post occupancy evaluation (POE)

Indexed keywords

BUILDING LEVELS; CERTIFICATION PROCESS; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS; DESIGN TIME; ENERGY; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY USE; FLOOR AREAS; GREEN BUILDINGS; INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING; NEW BUILDINGS INSTITUTE; POST-OCCUPANCY EVALUATION (POE); RATING SCHEMES; REANALYSIS; SAVE ENERGY; SUBSTANTIAL ENERGY;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION;

EID: 67349263821     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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