Methodology to estimate building energy consumption using EnergyPlus Benchmark Models

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2331-2337

  Fumo, Nelson ^a   Mago, Pedro ^a   Luck, Rogelio ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmark Models; Building energy consumption; Energy consumption estimation; EnergyPlus

Indexed keywords

ATLANTA; BENCHMARK MODELS; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING PARAMETERS; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION ESTIMATION; ENERGYPLUS; FUEL ENERGY; SIMULATION PROCESS; UTILITY BILLS;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 77957711740     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.07.027     Document Type: Article

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