Sustainability assessment of low carbon technologies-case study of the building sector in China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 244-250

  Huang, Beijia ^a,b   Yang, Haizhen ^a   Mauerhofer, Volker ^c   Guo, Ru ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low carbon; Sustainability assessment; Technology

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENCLOSURE; BUILDING ENERGY SAVING; BUILDING SECTORS; CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM; COOKING APPLIANCES; DATA RESOURCES; ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS; EVALUATION METHOD; GHG EMISSION; INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LOW CARBON; PRIORITY ORDER; SOLAR PVS; SOLAR THERMAL; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA;

AIR CONDITIONING; GREENHOUSE GASES; RATING; TECHNOLOGY; WASHERS; WATER HEATERS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84860999745     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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