Assessing carbon dioxide emissions from energy use at a university

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-278

  Riddell, William ^a   Bhatia, Krishan Kumar ^a   Parisi, Matthew ^a   Foote, Jessica ^b   Imperatore III, John ^b  

^a Rowan University   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Emissions; Energy management; United States of America; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349432524     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370910972576     Document Type: Article

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