Effectiveness of single and multiple energy retrofit measures on the energy consumption of office buildings

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5037-5052

  Chidiac, S E ^a   Catania, E J C ^a   Morofsky, E ^b   Foo, S ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Public Works and Government Services Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Energy retrofit measure; EnergyPlus; Measure set; Office building

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RETROFITTING; USER INTERFACES; VENTILATION;

BUILDING ENVELOPES; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENERGY RETROFIT; ENERGYPLUS; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; MEASURE SET; REDUCTION IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; VENTILATION;

EID: 79961023802     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.05.050     Document Type: Article

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