Modelling building stock energy use and carbon emission scenarios

Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-138

  Foliente, Greg ^a   Seo, Seongwon ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bottom up; Buildings; Carbon dioxide; Efficiency; Greenhouse gas; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993026863     PISSN: 20466099     EISSN: 20466102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20466091211260578     Document Type: Article

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