Empirical validation of building energy simulation programs

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-275

  Lomas, K J ^a   Eppel, H ^a   Martin, C J ^b   Bloomfield, D P ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Energy Monitoring Company Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air temperatures; Dynamic thermal simulation programs; Empirical validation exercises; Heating energy demands; Measured values; Predicted values

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEATING; PERFORMANCE;

AIR TEMPERATURES;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0031248197     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-7788(97)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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