Improved benchmarking comparability for energy consumption in schools

Building Research and Information

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-61

  Hong, Sung Min ^a   Paterson, Greig ^a   Mumovic, Dejan ^a   Steadman, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarks; Building stock; CO2 emissions; Display Energy Certificate (DEC); Energy performance; Energy use; Schools

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STOCKS; CO2 EMISSIONS; DISPLAY ENERGIES; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY USE; SCHOOLS;

BENCHMARKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NEURAL NETWORKS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84888007021     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2013.814746     Document Type: Article

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