Energy assessment of office buildings in China using LEED 2.2 and BEAM Plus 1.1

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-137

  Chen, Hua ^a   Lee, W L ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

BEAM Plus; China; Energy use assessment; LEED; Office buildings

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLUS; BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; CHINA; COMPARISON RESULT; ENERGY ASSESSMENT; ENERGY PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS; ENERGY USE ASSESSMENTS;

BENCHMARKING; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84877777038     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.03.031     Document Type: Article

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