Impact of future urban form on the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from residential, commercial and public buildings in Utsunomiya, Japan

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4888-4896

  Ishii, Satoshi ^a   Tabushi, Shoichi ^b   Aramaki, Toshiya ^c   Hanaki, Keisuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport   (Japan)

^c TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combined heat and power; Photovoltaic cell; Urban form

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; GAS EMISSIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); PUBLIC BUILDINGS; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORM;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

BUILDING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOCHIGI; UTSUNOMIYA;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 77953470586     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.08.022     Document Type: Article

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