Understanding the gap between 'as designed' and 'as built' performance of a New Low Carbon housing development in UK

Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies

Volumn 22, Issue , 2013, Pages 567-580

  Gupta, Rajat ^a   Dantsiou, Dimitra ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building Performance Evaluation; Energy efficiency; Low carbon housing

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS; LOW-CARBON HOUSINGS; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; OCCUPANT SATISFACTION; TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES; ZERO CARBON HOUSINGS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

HOUSING;

EID: 84879449915     PISSN: 21903018     EISSN: 21903026     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36645-1_53     Document Type: Article

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