Energy costs of energy savings in buildings: A review

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1711-1732

  Dutil, Yvan ^a   Rousse, Daniel ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biophysical economy; EROI; Insulation; Life cycle assessment; Passivhaus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866037449     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4081711     Document Type: Article

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