Energy test procedures for appliances

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-33

  Meier, Alan K ^a   Hill, James E ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy test procedure; Energy use; Standard

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC CODES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EQUIPMENT TESTING; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY;

ENERGY TEST PROCEDURE;

ELECTRIC APPLIANCES;

EID: 0031193227     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-7788(96)01022-5     Document Type: Article

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