A multi-criteria group decision-making method for the thermal renovation of masonry buildings: The case of Algeria

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 129, Issue , 2016, Pages 471-483

  Seddiki, Mohammed ^a,b   Anouche, Karima ^a   Bennadji, Amar ^b   Boateng, Prince ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE D ORAN MOHAMED BOUDIAF   (Algeria)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group decision; Masonry buildings; Multi criteria decision making; PROMETHEE methods; Thermal renovation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BUILDINGS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INVESTMENTS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MASONRY MATERIALS;

GROUP DECISION; MASONRY BUILDING; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PROMETHEE METHOD; THERMAL RENOVATION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84981505010     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.08.023     Document Type: Article

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