Energy and environmental assessment of industrial hemp for building applications: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-42

  Ingrao, Carlo ^a,e   Lo Giudice, Agata ^b   Bacenetti, Jacopo ^c   Tricase, Caterina ^a   Dotelli, Giovanni ^d   Fiala, Marco ^c   Siracusa, Valentina ^e   Mbohwa, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buildings; Energy efficiency; Environmental performance; Industrial hemp; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEMP; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MATERIALS TESTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING APPLICATIONS; ENERGY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; INDUSTRIAL HEMP; NATURAL ENERGY RESOURCES; PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84934921846     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.06.002     Document Type: Review

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