Energy and comfort performance of thermally activated building systems including occupant behavior

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 835-848

  Saelens, Dirk ^a   Parys, Wout ^a   Baetens, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Building simulation; Energy demand; Occupant behavior; Thermal comfort; Thermally activated building systems

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SIMULATION; BUILDING SYSTEMS; COMFORT PERFORMANCE; DESIGNING SYSTEMS; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; IN-BUILDINGS; OCCUPANCY RATE; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR; REAL SYSTEMS; SHADING DEVICES; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; THERMALLY ACTIVATED; USER BEHAVIORS; USER PROFILE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BUILDINGS; CLIMATE MODELS; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; THERMAL COMFORT;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

BEHAVIOR; BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; VENTILATION;

EID: 78649980071     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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