A systems approach to energy efficiency assessment

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2013: Showcasing the Future - Proceedings of the 2013 Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2593-2600

  Hadian, Saeed ^a   Madani, Kaveh ^a   Mokhtari, Soroush ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; GREEN ENERGY SOURCES; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS; NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84887469637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784412947.257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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