Using intelligent clustering techniques to classify the energy performance of school buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-51

  Santamouris, M ^a   Mihalakakou, G ^b   Patargias, P ^c   Gaitani, N ^b   Sfakianaki, K ^a   Papaglastra, M ^a   Pavlou, C ^a   Doukas, P ^a   Primikiri, E ^d   Geros, V ^a   Assimakopoulos, M N ^a   Mitoula, R ^e   Zerefos, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^e HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buildings' thermal performance calculations; Energy audits; Energy efficiency in school buildings; Energy rating of buildings

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES;

ENERGY AUDITS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS; ENERGY RATING OF BUILDINGS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

EID: 33845215264     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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