A global model for residential energy use: Uncertainty in calibration to regional data

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 269-282

  van Ruijven, Bas ^a   de Vries, Bert ^a,b   van Vuuren, Detlef P ^a   van der Sluijs, Jeroen P ^b  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Model calibration; Residential energy use; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSING;

AUTOMATED MODELING; CALIBRATION UNCERTAINTY; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; MODEL CALIBRATION; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70949098947     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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