Ten questions concerning future buildings beyond zero energy and carbon neutrality

Wang, Na; Phelan, Patrick E.; Gonzalez, Jorge; Harris, Chioke; Henze, Gregor P.; Hutchinson, Robert; Langevin, Jared; Lazarus, Mary Ann; Nelson, Brent; Pyke, Chris; Roth, Kurt; Rouse, David; Sawyer, Karma; Selkowitz, Stephen

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.04.006

Title: Ten questions concerning future buildings beyond zero energy and carbon neutrality

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Publication Date:: Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1414481

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Building and Environment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Building and Environment Journal Volume: 119 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0360-1323

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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                    Wang, Na, Phelan, Patrick E., Gonzalez, Jorge, Harris, Chioke, Henze, Gregor P., Hutchinson, Robert, Langevin, Jared, Lazarus, Mary Ann, Nelson, Brent, Pyke, Chris, Roth, Kurt, Rouse, David, Sawyer, Karma, and Selkowitz, Stephen. Ten questions concerning future buildings beyond zero energy and carbon neutrality.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Wang, Na, Phelan, Patrick E., Gonzalez, Jorge, Harris, Chioke, Henze, Gregor P., Hutchinson, Robert, Langevin, Jared, Lazarus, Mary Ann, Nelson, Brent, Pyke, Chris, Roth, Kurt, Rouse, David, Sawyer, Karma, & Selkowitz, Stephen. Ten questions concerning future buildings beyond zero energy and carbon neutrality.  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.04.006

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                    Wang, Na, Phelan, Patrick E., Gonzalez, Jorge, Harris, Chioke, Henze, Gregor P., Hutchinson, Robert, Langevin, Jared, Lazarus, Mary Ann, Nelson, Brent, Pyke, Chris, Roth, Kurt, Rouse, David, Sawyer, Karma, and Selkowitz, Stephen. Sat .  
"Ten questions concerning future buildings beyond zero energy and carbon neutrality".  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.04.006.

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  title        = {Ten questions concerning future buildings beyond zero energy and carbon neutrality},

  author       = {Wang, Na and Phelan, Patrick E. and Gonzalez, Jorge and Harris, Chioke and Henze, Gregor P. and Hutchinson, Robert and Langevin, Jared and Lazarus, Mary Ann and Nelson, Brent and Pyke, Chris and Roth, Kurt and Rouse, David and Sawyer, Karma and Selkowitz, Stephen},

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  journal      = {Building and Environment},

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  year         = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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