USE of the ANOVA approach for sensitive building energy design

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3073-3083

  Mechri, Houcem Eddine ^a   Capozzoli, Alfonso ^a   Corrado, Vincenzo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Building energy performance; Design variables; Office buildings; Probability density; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDINGS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STAGES; DESIGN VARIABLES; ENERGY NEEDS; NEW APPROACHES; POLICY MAKERS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; SENSITIVE BUILDINGS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

BUILDING; ENERGY USE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954028118     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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