Exergy landscapes: Exploration of second-law thinking towards sustainable landscape design

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-174

  Stremke, Sven ^a   Van Den Dobbelsteen, Andy ^b   Koh, Jusuck ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Design; Energy conscious; Engineering thermodynamics; ET; Exergy conscious; IE; Industrial ecology; Landscape architecture; Low ex architecture; Planning; Regional scale; Research by design

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; EXERGY; FOSSIL FUELS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PLANNING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENERGY-CONSCIOUS; ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE; REGIONAL SCALE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79951651843     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2011.038516     Document Type: Article

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