Developing a roadmap to overcome barriers to energy efficiency in buildings using best worst method

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 244-259

  Gupta, Parmarth ^a   Anand, Sanjeev ^a   Gupta, Himanshu ^b  

^a SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Barriers; Best worst multi criteria method; Buildings; Energy efficiency

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

BARRIERS; BARRIERS TO ENERGY EFFICIENCIES; CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA METHOD; TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85014665190     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2017.02.005     Document Type: Article

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