A Carbon footprint of an office building

Energies

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1197-1210

  Airaksinen, Miimu ^a   Matilainen, Pellervo ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Skanska M and E Finland Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Primary energy

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; DISTRICT COOLING; ELECTRICITY USE; ENERGY EFFICIENT; MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS; PRIMARY ENERGIES; PRIMARY ENERGY USE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80052815517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en4081197     Document Type: Article

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