Quantifying life cycle energy and carbon footprints of china's residential small district

Journal of Green Building

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 96-111

  Deng, Wu ^a   Prasad, Deo ^a   Osmond, Paul ^a   Li, Feng Ting ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; China's residential small district; Energy footprint; Life cycle; Quantification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855479360     PISSN: 15526100     EISSN: 19434618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3992/jgb.6.4.96     Document Type: Article

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