Building energy efficiency for sustainable development in China: Challenges and opportunities

Building Research and Information

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 417-431

  Li, Baizhan ^a,b   Yao, Runming ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

built environment; carbon reduction; China; energy efficiency; integrated design; low carbon society; research agenda; sustainable design; urbanization

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CARBON REDUCTION; CHINA; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; LOW-CARBON; RESEARCH AGENDA; SUSTAINABLE DESIGN; URBANIZATION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATED CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84864030578     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2012.682419     Document Type: Article

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