Field measurements of residential energy consumption and indoor thermal environment in six Chinese cities

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1927-1942

  Hu, Tianchi ^a   Yoshino, Hiroshi ^a   Zhou, Jie ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Energy use; Field measurement; Thermal environment

Indexed keywords

DISTRICT HEATING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSES; SPACE HEATING;

CHINA; ENERGY USE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; INDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

HEATING;

EID: 84864007597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5061927     Document Type: Article

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