A review on sustainable construction management strategies for monitoring, diagnosing, and retrofitting the building's dynamic energy performance: Focused on the operation and maintenance phase

Applied Energy

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 671-707

  Hong, Taehoon ^a   Koo, Choongwan ^a   Kim, Jimin ^a   Lee, Minhyun ^a   Jeong, Kwangbok ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Building energy performance; Built environment; Dynamic approach; Sustainable construction management; Urban organism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BUILDINGS; CARBON; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RETROFITTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DYNAMIC APPROACHES; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; URBAN ORGANISM;

CONSTRUCTION;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAINTENANCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84934761982     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.06.043     Document Type: Review

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