A mixed-mode building energy model for performance evaluation and diagnosis of existing buildings

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-83

  Xu, Xinhua ^a,b   Wang, Shengwei ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION;

BUILDING ENERGY MODEL; ENERGY CONSUMPTION PREDICTION; SHORT-TERM MONITORING;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 40949141990     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624407087788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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