Government measures needed to promote building energy efficiency (BEE) in China

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Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 564-589

  Qian, Queena K ^a,b   Chan, Edwin H W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buildings; China; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Environmental engineering; Government policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956160264     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632771011066602     Document Type: Article

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