Energy use in buildings in a long-term perspective

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-151

  Urge Vorsatz, Diana ^a   Petrichenko, Ksenia ^a   Staniec, Maja ^b   Eom, Jiyong ^c  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH RISK; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MULTISTOREY BUILDING;

EID: 84879409618     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.05.004     Document Type: Review

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