Moving towards low-carbon buildings and cities: Experiences from Oxford, UK

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-168

  Gupta, Rajat ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities; Climate change action planning; CO2 emissions; Energy efficiency; GIS based modelling

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; ACTION PLANNING; BOTTOM-UP AND TOP-DOWN; CAPITAL COSTS; CO2 EMISSIONS; EMISSION REDUCTION; EMISSIONS INVENTORY; ENERGY USE; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOTSPOTS; REDUCTION TARGETS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE MODEL; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77950537583     PISSN: 17481317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijlct/ctp028     Document Type: Article

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