Measuring carbon emission from energy consumption in a Hong Kong family

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Volumn 32, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 324-341

  Li, Jing ^a   Chiang, Yat Hung ^a   Zhou, Lu ^a   Choi, Tracy N Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbon emission; Energy consumption; Hong Kong; Residential building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940239657     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/F-12-2011-0099     Document Type: Article

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