How is electricity consumption on construction sites in Malaysia related to sources of CO 2 ?

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 160-163

  Esmaeilifar, Reza ^a   Samari, Milad ^a   Mirzaei, Nasibeh Faghih ^a   Mohdshafiei, Mohd Wira ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CO 2 emission; Construction site; Electricity; Malaysia; Natural resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963924748     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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