Action-oriented benchmarking: Using the CEUS database to benchmark commercial buildings in California

Energy Engineering: Journal of the Association of Energy Engineering

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 6-18

  Mathew, Paul ^a   Mills, Evan ^a   Bourassa, Norman ^b   Brook, Martha ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

BENCHMARKING TOOLS; BUILDING ENERGIES; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSIONS; COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS; END USES; ENERGY BENCHMARKING; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SOURCE OF ENERGIES; SPECIFIC ENERGIES;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 54949091921     PISSN: 01998595     EISSN: 15460118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01998590809509386     Document Type: Article

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