Browsing Articles publicats (Informàtica i Enginyeria Industrial) by Author "Urge-Vorsatz, Diana"
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Affordable construction towards sustainable buildings: review on embodied energy in building materials
Cabeza, Luisa F.; Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila; Miró, Laia; Martínez, Mònica; Fernández Renna, Ana Inés; Urge-Vorsatz, Diana (Elsevier, 2013)Affordable construction has identified low embodied energy in materials as key issue. This review paper shows that even though there is a lack of research on this topic, embodied energy and carbon are studied in the ... -
Investigating greenhouse challenge from growing trends of electricity consumption through home appliances in buildings
Cabeza, Luisa F.; Urge-Vorsatz, Diana; McNeil, Michael A.; Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila; Serrano, Susana (Elsevier, 2014)Energy use in buildings accounts for 38% of global total final energy consumption, 45% of which in OECD countries. According to the International Energy Agency the continuing demand for new large and small appliances, often ...