Impact of the implementation of energy saving measures on the life cycle energy consumption of the building

7th International Conference on Environmental Engineering, ICEE 2008 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 875-881

  Uzsilaityte, Lina ^a   Martinaitis, Vytautas ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Buildings; Energy efficiency; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE;

COMFORT CONDITIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE ENERGIES; RESEARCH RESULTS; STATE OF THE ART;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84927130558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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