Embodied and operational energy in buildings on 20 Norwegian dairy farms - Introducing the building construction approach to agriculture

Embodied energy in barns is found to contribute to about 10-30% of total energy use on dairy farms. Nevertheless, research on sustainability of dairy farming has largely excluded consideration of embodied energy. The main objectives of this study were to apply an established model from the residenti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Koesling, M., Ruge, Gesa, Fystro, G., Torp, T., Hansen, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94968