Indoor environmental quality benefits of apartment energy retrofits

Building and Environment

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 170-178

  Noris, Federico ^a,d   Adamkiewicz, Gary ^b   Delp, William W ^a   Hotchi, Toshifumi ^a   Russell, Marion ^a   Singer, Brett C ^a   Spears, Michael ^a   Vermeer, Kimberly ^c   Fisk, William J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Urban Habitat Initiatives Inc   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apartments; Energy; Indoor environmental quality; Retrofit; Selection

Indexed keywords

APARTMENTS; ENERGY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; RETROFIT; SELECTION;

ACETALDEHYDE; AIR CLEANERS; APARTMENT HOUSES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLING SYSTEMS; NITROGEN OXIDES; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

RETROFITTING;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FORMALDEHYDE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INDOOR AIR; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84881091018     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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