Towards a universal energy efficiency index for buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 980-987

  González, Ana Belén Rodríguez ^a   Díaz, Juan José Vinagre ^a   Caamaño, Antonio J ^a   Wilby, Mark Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Energy certification; Energy efficiency index; Energy policy

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SECTORS; CO2 EMISSIONS; ENERGY CERTIFICATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS; ENERGY INDEXES; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY SUPPLIES; FINAL ENERGY; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LONG TERM; NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS; PUBLIC DATABASE; STANDARD MEASUREMENTS; STANDARD PROCEDURES;

BUILDINGS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79951516765     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.12.023     Document Type: Article

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