Assessing the energy savings potential in public buildings through retrofit measures in tropical climates - A case study in Mauritius

IEEE AFRICON Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mohit, Oumesh Kumar ^a   Oree, Vishwamitra ^b  

^a Liquid Telecom   (Mauritius)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

energy audit; energy efficiency; Mauritius; Retrofit

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INVESTMENTS; LIGHTING;

ANNUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENVELOPES; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DESIGN OF BUILDINGS; ENERGY AUDIT; ENERGY SAVINGS POTENTIAL; MAURITIUS; RETROFIT;

RETROFITTING;

EID: 84897428917     PISSN: 21530025     EISSN: 21530033     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AFRCON.2013.6757745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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