Life cycle energy balance of residential buildings: A case study on hypothetical building models in Finland

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-164

  Takano, Atsushi ^a   Pal, Sudip Kumar ^a   Kuittinen, Matti ^a   Alanne, Kari ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

City planning; Geometrical factor; Life cycle assessment; Primary energy balance; Residential building types; Structural material

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; ENERGY BALANCE; GEOMETRY; HOUSES; HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING;

BUILDING LIFE CYCLE; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GEOMETRICAL FACTORS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE ENERGIES; LIFE CYCLE PRIMARY ENERGIES; PRIMARY ENERGIES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84939527665     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.07.060     Document Type: Article

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