Embodied energy in residential buildings-towards the nearly zero energy building: A literature review

Building and Environment

Volumn 105, Issue , 2016, Pages 267-282

  Chastas, Panagiotis ^a   Theodosiou, Theodoros ^a   Bikas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; LCEA; LCI; NZEB; PCR; Residential buildings

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; LCEA; LIFE CYCLE ENERGY ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; NZEB; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB);

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84973469355     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.05.040     Document Type: Review

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