ShareIncreased thermal insulation in buildings: a way of preventing impending climate change?
Author(s) : GERTIS K.
Type of article: Article
Summary
Notes the direct connection between energy production based on fossil fuels and the liberation of CO2, the main contributor to the greenhouse effect. Explains how the annual rate of discharge of CO2 of 220 megatonnes/year in Germany can be reduced to as low as 60 megatonnes/year by 2005 with improved thermal insulation.
Details
- Original title: Increased thermal insulation in buildings: a way of preventing impending climate change?
- Record ID : 1993-1503
- Languages: English
- Subject: Environment
- Source: Bauphysik - vol. 13 - n. 5
- Publication date: 1991/09
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Indexing
- Themes: Air conditioning: general information
- Keywords: Pollution; Environment; Insulation; Greenhouse effect; Air conditioning; CO2
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