Designing energy efficient commercial buildings - A systems framework

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2329-2343

  Kanagaraj, G ^a   Mahalingam, Ashwin ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Analytical Hierarchy Process; Case study; Energy efficient building design; Integrated design process; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TOOLS; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; BUILDING DESIGN; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COMPOSITE CLIMATE; COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNS; DESIGN GOAL; DESIGN INTEGRATIONS; DESIGN PHASE; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS; ENERGY-EFFICIENT DESIGN; INTEGRATED DESIGN PROCESS; MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; NEW DELHI , INDIA; SELECTION PROCESS; SYSTEMS FRAMEWORK;

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; INTEGRATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SYSTEM THEORY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79960710807     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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