Government's roles and measures needed in China for promoting Building Energy Efficiency (BEE)

International Journal of Construction Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 119-138

  Qian, Queena K ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building Energy Efficiency (BEE); China; Comparative study; Government's roles; Measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650446352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15623599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15623599.2010.10773157     Document Type: Article

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