Developing sustainable residential buildings in Saudi Arabia: A case study

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 383-391

  Taleb, Hanan M ^a   Sharples, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Residential buildings; Sustainable architecture; Water efficiency

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

APARTMENT COMPLEXES; CURRENT STATUS; EXISTING HOUSINGS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SIMULATION SOFTWARE PACKAGE; SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER EFFICIENCY;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GUIDELINE; RESOURCE USE; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 77957293933     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.07.029     Document Type: Article

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