Efficacy of LEED-certification in reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission for large New York City office buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 517-524

  Scofield, John H ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial buildings; Energy; ENERGY; Energy benchmarking; Energy use intensity; Green buildings; Green house gas emission; LEED certification; Source energy; STAR

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL BUILDING; ENERGY; ENERGY BENCHMARKING; ENERGY USE INTENSITIES; GREEN BUILDINGS; LEED-CERTIFICATION; SOURCE ENERGY;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; STARS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84884634235     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.08.032     Document Type: Article

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