Influence of the carbon intensity of electricity on carbon savings from CHP

Building Research and Information

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-326

  Healy, D P ^a  

^a ARUP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building regulation; Carbon emissions; Carbon intensity of electricity; Combined heat and power (CHP); Low and zero carbon technologies; Low carbon buildings; Trigeneration

Indexed keywords

BUILDING REGULATIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON INTENSITY; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; LOW-CARBON; TRI-GENERATION;

BUILDING CODES; ELECTRICITY; POWER GENERATION;

CARBON;

EID: 84862882626     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2012.682418     Document Type: Article

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