Naturally ventilated and mixed-mode buildings-Part I: Thermal modeling

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 736-749

  Spindler, Henry C ^a   Norford, Leslie K ^b  

^a Optimal Energy Solutions LLC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed mode cooling; Natural ventilation; System identification; Thermal models

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODEL BUILDINGS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); VENTILATION;

CONTROL STRATEGIES; COOLING STRATEGIES; EFFICIENT ALGORITHMS; FLEXIBLE SYSTEMS; LOW POWERS; MIXED-MODE COOLING; NATURAL VENTILATION; OPERABLE WINDOWS; PLANNING HORIZONS; PREDICTION ACCURACIES; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION; THERMAL MODELS; UNIQUE FEATURES;

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ALGORITHM; BUILDING; COOLING; LINEARITY; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; VENTILATION;

EID: 57849162316     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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