Analysis of existing building energy saving policies in Japan and China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 1510-1518

  Huang, Beijia ^a   Mauerhofer, Volker ^b,c,d   Geng, Yong ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Building; Energy saving policy; Obstacle

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

BUILDING ENERGY SAVING; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ENERGY SAVING POLICIES; FINANCIAL REGULATIONS; OBSTACLE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; VOLUNTARY ACTION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84937700449     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.07.041     Document Type: Article

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