Benchmarking energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in Singapore's hotel industry

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4520-4527

  Xuchao, Wu ^a   Priyadarsini, Rajagopalan ^b   Siew Eang, Lee ^c  

^a Arup Singapore Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Greenhouse gas; Hotel industry

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING MODELS; BUILDING SECTORS; CARBON INTENSITY; ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY SUPPLIES; ENERGY USE; GHG EMISSION; HOTEL BUILDING; HOTEL INDUSTRY; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; SINGAPORE; STANDARD PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE;

BENCHMARKING; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER;

HOTELS;

BENCHMARKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SERVICE SECTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 77953696193     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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