The impact of state level building codes on residential electricity consumption

Energy Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-52

  Aroonruengsawat, Anin ^a   Auffhammer, Maximilian ^b   Sanstad, Alan H ^c  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building Codes; Regulation; Residential Electricity Consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865025614     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol33-No1-2     Document Type: Article

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