Case study of demand shifting with thermal mass in two large commercial buildings

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 112 PART 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 572-580

  Xu, Peng ^a,b   Haves, Philip ^a,b  

^a ASHRAE ^*  (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS; COOLING LOADS; THERMAL MASS;

BUILDINGS; COOLING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL LOAD;

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION;

EID: 33646709246     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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