Energy consumption in conventional, energyretrofitted and green LEED Toronto schools

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-395

  Issa, Mohamed H ^a   Attalla, Mohamed ^b   Rankin, Jeff H ^a   Christian, A John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; Energy consumption; Green buildings

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION COSTS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; ENERGY EFFICIENT; GAS CONSUMPTION; GREEN BUILDINGS; GREEN SCHOOLS; LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNS; TORONTO; TOTAL ENERGY;

BUILDINGS; COSTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 79958117224     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2011.552511     Document Type: Article

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