Dilution effect of the building area on energy intensity in urban residential buildings

Improving residential building energy consumption (RBEC) efficiency is important. The authors here test whether the measure truly reflects efficiency, and found that RBEC per square meter decreases with the increase of the building area per household, indicating the dilution effect.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jingxin Gao, Xiaoyang Zhong, Weiguang Cai, Hong Ren, Tengfei Huo, Xia Wang, Zhifu Mi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12852-9