Impact of European standard EN15251 in the energy certification of services buildings-A Portuguese study case

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6390-6399

  Alexandre, J L ^a   Freire, A ^a   Teixeira, A M ^a   Silva, M ^a   Rouboa, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EN15251; Energy performance of buildings; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR RATE; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; EN15251; ENERGY CERTIFICATION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; IN-BUILDINGS; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; STANDARD CONDITIONS; STUDY CASE; TRANSIENT ENERGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RATING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

PORTUGAL;

EID: 80052768685     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.07.039     Document Type: Article

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