CO2 mitigation potential in China's building construction industry: A comparison of energy performance

Building and Environment

Volumn 94, Issue P1, 2015, Pages 239-251

  Lin, Boqiang ^a   Liu, Hongxun ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Building construction; Emission reduction potential; Energy performance; Logarithmic mean Divisia index; Non radial directional distance function

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; DIVISIA INDEX; EMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIALS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE;

CONSTRUCTION;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

CHINA;

EID: 84940376118     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.08.013     Document Type: Article

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