Energy assessment of office buildings in China using China building energy codes and LEED 2.2

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 514-524

  Chen, Hua ^a   Lee, W L ^b   Wang, Xiaolin ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baseline criteria; China building energy codes; Energy and energy cost savings; LEED; Office buildings

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING CODES; CODES (SYMBOLS); COSTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

BASELINE CRITERIA; BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; CHINA BUILDINGS; CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; ENERGY COST SAVINGS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS; STRINGENT REQUIREMENT; SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84911946942     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.10.034     Document Type: Article

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