A performance-based method for energy efficiency improvement of buildings

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1829-1839

  Chua, K J ^a   Chou, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Commercial buildings; Cooling energy requirement; Energy efficiency; Envelope Thermal Transfer Value

Indexed keywords

BUILDING COOLING; BUILDING ENERGY STANDARDS; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COOLING ENERGY; COOLING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; COOLING ENERGY REQUIREMENT; EASE OF USE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENT IMPACT; HEAT GAINS; HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION; IN-BUILDINGS; KEY INPUT; NEW CORRELATIONS; PERFORMANCE BASED METHOD; PERFORMANCE INDICES; SIMULATED RESULTS; THERMAL TRANSFER; TROPICAL CLIMATES; VENTILATION RATE; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; STANDARDIZATION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 78650785889     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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