Energy efficiency, resilience to future climates and long-term sustainability: The role of the built environment

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1914, 2010, Pages 1083-1089

  Kelly, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built environment; Carbon dioxide emissions; Energy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BACKGROUND ANALYSIS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SECURITY; ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY; ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; EXISTING BUILDING; FUTURE CLIMATE; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77449096287     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0212     Document Type: Review

References (1)

1. I have benefited greatly from conversations with and information from many specialists in the energy-in-buildings sector over the last 3 years (2006-2009) during my time as Chief Scientific Adviser in the Department for Communities and Local Government. The statistics here have been gathered from a variety of sources, some cited in M. J. Kelly, 'Retrofitting the existing UK building stock', Building Research and Information 37, 196-200 (2009).