Green building practices: Optimisation of CCHP and biomass heating for maximum CO2 reduction in a mixed-use development

International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-108

  Elsarrag, Esam ^a   Alhorr, Yousef ^a  

^a Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (GORD)   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon emissions; Climate change; Combined Heat and Power; Green buildings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999670067     PISSN: 22126090     EISSN: 22126104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsbe.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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