Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
250418 Building and Environment 2006 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

This article engages ecological architectural concepts to evaluate the traditional dwellings of the Lancang River Valley, Yunnan Province, China. By discovering the implied interpretation of nature and assessing the energy consumption of vernacular houses, this research establishes certain advantages of vernacular building in light of a modern environmentally aware evaluation.

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An ecological assessment of the vernacular architecture and of its embodied energy in Yunnan, China
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