Model validation and testing: The methodological foundation of ASHRAE Standard 140

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 112 PART 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 367-376

  Judkoff, Ron ^a,b,c   Neymark, Joel ^a,d  

^a ASHRAE ^*

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ASHRAE

^d J Neymark & Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION; INPUT ERRORS; METHODOLOGICAL BASIS; SIMULATION PREDICTIONS;

ALGORITHMS; BUILDING CODES; CODING ERRORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 33750362798     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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