Development of sustainable energy options for buildings in a sustainable society

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 72-80

  Balta, M Tolga ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^c   Hepbasli, Arif ^b  

^a AKSARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Buildings; Cities; Efficiency; Energy; Exergy; HVAC; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959871492     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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