Sustainability assessment of renovation packages for increased energy efficiency for multi-family buildings in Sweden

Building and Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 140-148

  Brown, Nils W O ^a   Malmqvist, Tove ^a   Bai, Wei ^a,b   Molinari, Marco ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Environmental rating tools; Indoor environment; LCC; Renovation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; BUILDING STOCKS; CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RATING; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; IN-BUILDINGS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LCC; LIFECYCLE COSTS; PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES; RENOVATION; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUILDING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84872812419     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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