Energy efficient retrofit of an end of the row house: Confronting predictions with long-term measurements

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1939-1947

  Hens, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Energy efficient retrofit; Field data; Modeling; PV panels; Solar boiler

Indexed keywords

AIRTIGHTNESS; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY QUALITY; ENERGY-EFFICIENT WINDOWS; FIELD DATA; FIELD STUDIES; HEATING ENERGY; HEATING SYSTEM; KEY ELEMENTS; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; MEASURED DATA; NET PRESENT VALUE; PASSIVE HOUSE; PRIMARY ENERGIES; SOLAR BOILERS;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BOILERS; BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FORECASTING; HEATING; HOUSES; RETROFITTING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77955583754     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.05.030     Document Type: Article

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