Identifying factors that affect the energy consumption of residential buildings

Construction Research Congress 2010: Innovation for Reshaping Construction Practice - Proceedings of the 2010 Construction Research Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1437-1446

  Shrestha, Pramen P ^a   Kulkarni, Prajakta ^a  

^a University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Energy consumption; Residential buildings

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY AUDIT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY USE; FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY; HOME BUILDER; NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION; REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOSSIL FUELS; NATURAL GAS; RESEARCH; SOLAR ENERGY;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 77956323900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41109(373)144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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