Energy Assessment of Smithtown, New York

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 81-98

  Murray, Allyson ^b   Tonjes, David ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

energy assessment; energy inventory; local; mitigation; planning; public data

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON; ENERGY USE; MITIGATION; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892553173     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2013.855517     Document Type: Article

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