An analysis of the embodied energy of office buildings by height

Facilities

Volumn 19, Issue , 2001, Pages 204-214

  Treloar, G J ^a   Fay, R ^b   Ilozor, B ^a   Love, P E D ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buildings; Energy; Materials; Offices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099993     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770110387797     Document Type: Article

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