Re(de)fining net zero energy: Renewable emergy balance of environmental building design

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 342-349

  Srinivasan, Ravi S ^a,b   Braham, William W ^b   Campbell, Daniel E ^c   Curcija, D Charlie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE; ON CURRENTS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; INVESTMENTS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84870206204     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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