Peak load characteristics of Sydney office buildings and policy recommendations for peak load reduction

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2179-2187

  Steinfeld, Jesse ^a   Bruce, Anna ^a   Watt, Muriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Commercial office buildings; Energy efficiency; Network augmentation; Peak demand

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AVERAGE ENERGY; COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDINGS; CURRENT ENERGY; DEMAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY LOAD; ELECTRICITY NETWORKS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; LOW ENERGIES; NETWORK AUGMENTATION; NETWORK INVESTMENT; PEAK DEMAND; PEAK LOAD; PEAK PERIOD; TEMPERATURE DATA;

ELECTRICITY; INVESTMENTS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; POWER QUALITY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79960715768     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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