Embodied energy consumption of building construction engineering: Case study in E-town, Beijing

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-72

  Han, M Y ^a   Chen, G Q ^a,b   Shao, Ling ^a   Li, J S ^a   Alsaedi, A ^b   Ahmad, B ^b   Guo, Shan ^a   Jiang, M M ^c   Ji, Xi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c BDA Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Construction engineering; Embodied energy; Energy consumption; Hybrid method

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING; EMBODIED ENERGY; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; HYBRID METHOD; MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES; WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGES;

DRAINAGE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENGINEERING; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; OFFICE BUILDINGS; WATER SUPPLY;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84878535530     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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