Impacts of community-led energy retrofitting of owner-occupied dwellings

Building Research and Information

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 446-461

  Gupta, Rajat ^a   Barnfield, Laura ^a   Hipwood, Tara ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy use; Environmental monitoring; Low carbon community; Owner occupied houses; Post occupancy evaluation; Retrofit

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSING;

ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOW-CARBON COMMUNITIES; POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; RETROFIT;

RETROFITTING;

EID: 84901199201     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2014.894742     Document Type: Article

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