Sustainable design guidelines for detached housing in the Lebanese inland region

International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-193

  Tibi, Ghaith ^a   Ghaddar, Nesreen ^a   Ghali, Kamel ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Dry climate; Embodied energy; Operational energy; Passive building design; Renewable energy system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999791282     PISSN: 22126090     EISSN: 22126104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsbe.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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