The role of urban form and socio-economic variables for extimating the building energy savings potential at the urban scale

International Journal of Heat and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 91-100

  Delmastro, Chiara ^a   Mutani, Guglielmina ^a   Schranz, Laura ^a   Vicentini, Giovanni ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Energy savings; Socio economic variables; Space heating; Urban form

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; SPACE HEATING; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); URBAN PLANNING; ZONING;

BUILDING ENERGY SAVING; ENERGY SAVINGS MEASURES; ENERGY SAVINGS POTENTIAL; MEASURED ENERGY CONSUMPTION; PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; URBAN FORM;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84954149843     PISSN: 03928764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18280/ijht.330412     Document Type: Article

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