A criteria model of restaurant energy conservation and carbon reduction in Taiwan

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 765-779

  Hu, Meng Lei ^a   Horng, Jeou Shyan ^b   Teng, Chih Ching ^c   Chou, Sheng Fang ^d  

^a JINWEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b DE LIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ANP; carbon reduction; criteria model; energy conservation; restaurant

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84880006935     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2012.721787     Document Type: Article

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