District heating system design for rural Nova scotian communitbes using building simulation and energy usage databases

Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-64

  Nijjar, Jaspreet S ^a   Fung, Alan S ^b   Hughes, Larry ^c   Taherian, Hessam ^d  

^a ONTARIO HYDRO TECHNOLOGIES   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEATING EQUIPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BUILDING SIMULATION; DISTRICT ENERGY SYSTEMS; DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM; ENERGY DEMANDS; HEATING DEMAND; HEATING ENERGY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY MODELS; RURAL COMMUNITY;

DISTRICT HEATING;

EID: 67650108922     PISSN: 03158977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/tcsme-2009-0006     Document Type: Article

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