Life cycle approach in evaluating energy performance of residential buildings in Indian context

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 259-265

  Ramesh, T ^a   Prakash, Ravi ^a   Shukla, K K ^a  

^a MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Insulation; Life cycle energy; Net zero energy buildings; On site power generation; Operating energy; PV panels; Residential buildings; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

EMBODIED ENERGY; OPERATING ENERGY; PV PANEL; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB);

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLASS; INSULATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ROOFS; WIND TURBINES;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 84865587869     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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