Occupants have little influence on the overall energy consumption in district heated apartment buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3484-3490

  Kyrö, Riikka ^a   Heinonen, Jukka ^a   Säynäjoki, Antti ^a   Junnila, Seppo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apartment buildings; Energy management; Energy use; Greenhouse gases; Housing companies; Hybrid life cycle analysis; Occupant behavior

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT BUILDINGS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENERGY USE; FINNISH; HEATING ENERGY; HELSINKI; HOUSING ACTIVITY; IN-LINE; LEAST ENERGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; NEUTRAL ENVIRONMENT; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

APARTMENT HOUSES; ASSOCIATED GAS; DISTRICT HEATING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEATING; LIFE CYCLE; RESEARCH;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80755153597     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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