Investigation of anticipatory control strategies in a net-zero energy solar house

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 116 PART 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 246-259

  Candanedo, José A ^a   Athienitis, Andreas K ^b,c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (Canada)

^c Canadian Solar Buildings Research Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT STORAGE; HOUSES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR BUILDINGS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; WATER TANKS;

ANNUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ANTICIPATORY CONTROL; PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; SUPERVISORY CONTROL; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; THERMAL NETWORK MODELS;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 77954292824     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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