Designing domestic buildings for future summers: Attitudes and opinions of building professionals

Energy Policy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 752-761

  Gul, Mehreen S ^a   Menzies, Gillian F ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate projections; Domestic buildings; Overheating

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONERS; BUILDING DESIGN PROCESS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING PROFESSIONALS; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE PROJECTION; DESIGN STAGE; DESIGNING METHODS; DOMESTIC BUILDINGS; FOCUS GROUPS; FUTURE CLIMATE; HOUSING INDUSTRY; LOW CARBON; LOW ENERGIES; OVERHEATING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

APARTMENT HOUSES; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

BUILDINGS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUMMER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859748414     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.046     Document Type: Article

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