A real options methodology for evaluating risk and opportunity of natural ventilation

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 204-212

  Greden, Lara V ^a   Glicksman, Leon R ^b   Lopez Betanzos, Gabriel ^c  

^a Weidt Group Inc   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION; MECHANICAL COOLING; NATURAL VENTILATION (NV);

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLAR RADIATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33646892002     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2188959     Document Type: Article

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