Equivalent full-load hours for estimating heating and cooling energy requirements in buildings: Greece case study

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 757-761

  Papakostas, K T ^a   Michopoulos, A K ^a   Kyriakis, N A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bin weather data; Energy analysis; Equivalent full load hours method

Indexed keywords

BINS; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; HEATING;

BIN WEATHER DATA; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; DRY BULB TEMPERATURE; ENERGY ANALYSIS; EQUIVALENT FULL-LOAD HOURS METHOD; HEATING AND COOLING; HEATING AND COOLING PERIODS; HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COOLING; ENERGY USE; HEATING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

EID: 58949094507     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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