Calculating green house gas emissions for buildings: Analysis of the performance of several carbon counting tools in different climates;Cálculo de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero en edificios: Análisis del funcionamiento de varias herramientas en diferentes climas

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Volumn 62, Issue 517, 2010, Pages 61-80

  La Roche, P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon calculating tools; Energy modeling; Green buildings; Low carbon architecture; Sustainable architecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955066306     PISSN: 00200883     EISSN: 19883234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/ic.09.026     Document Type: Article

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