Auszeh design: Software for low-emission and zero-emission house design in Australia

Proceedings of Building Simulation 2011: 12th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-8

  Ren, Zhengen ^a   Foliente, Greg ^a   Chan, Wan Yee ^a   Chen, Dong ^a   Syme, Mike ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CARBON EMISSIONS; DESIGN TOOL; ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION; ENERGY DEMANDS; HOUSE DESIGN; HOUSING SECTORS; OPTIMISATION MODELS; SUPPLY SYSTEM; SUPPLY-DEMAND; ZERO EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSES; OPTIMIZATION;

DESIGN;

EID: 84870161310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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