Building commissioning: A golden opportunity for reducing energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions in the United States

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-173

  Mills, Evan ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon reductions; Commercial buildings; Commissioning; Energy efficiency; Quality assurance; Risk management; Savings persistence

Indexed keywords

BUILDING COMMISSIONING; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING ENERGY SAVING; CARBON REDUCTION; COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS; COMMISSIONING; COMMISSIONING COSTS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; ENERGY COST; ENERGY SAVING; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; EXISTING BUILDING; FLOORSPACE; IN-BUILDINGS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; META-ANALYSIS; NON-ENERGY; PAYBACK TIME; PERFORMANCE RISK; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SAVINGS PERSISTENCE;

AIR QUALITY; APARTMENT HOUSES; ASSOCIATED GAS; COST REDUCTION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952621553     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-011-9116-8     Document Type: Review

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