Reducing the total life cycle energy demand of recent residential buildings in Lebanon

Energy

Volumn 74, Issue C, 2014, Pages 618-637

  Stephan, André ^a,b   Stephan, Laurent ^c  

^a FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Technical Enterprises Co   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Apartment buildings; Embodied energy; Lebanon; Life cycle energy analysis; Mediterranean; Transport energy

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

APARTMENT BUILDINGS; EMBODIED ENERGY; LEBANON; LIFE CYCLE ENERGY ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN; TRANSPORT ENERGY;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84927696782     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.07.028     Document Type: Article

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