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Reducing the total life cycle energy demand of recent residential buildings in Lebanon

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  • Stephan, André
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Buildings require a substantive amount of energy for their operation. Recent studies have found that indirect requirements, such as the embodied energy associated with their construction and the transport-related energy of their users can be even more significant. A complete life cycle energy analysis of buildings in a Mediterranean context has seldom been undertaken.

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  • Stephan, André & Stephan, Laurent, 2014. "Reducing the total life cycle energy demand of recent residential buildings in Lebanon," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 618-637.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:74:y:2014:i:c:p:618-637
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.07.028
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