Urban form and building energy : quantifying relationships using a multi-scale approach
Cities and energy are fundamentally connected. Approximately half of the energy consumed in urban areas is used by buildings, resulting in over 35% of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Urban form (i.e. building morphology and urban structure) plays an important role in building energy; how...
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University of British Columbia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44744 |