Virtual sensors for estimation of energy consumption and thermal comfort in buildings with underfloor heating

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 688-698

  Ploennigs, Joern ^a   Ahmed, Ammar ^b   Hensel, Burkhard ^a   Stack, Paul ^b   Menzel, Karsten ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Building performance analysis; Energy efficiency; Hybrid HVAC systems; Virtual sensors

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; BUILDING SYSTEMS; HEAT CONSUMPTION; HYBRID HVAC SYSTEM; IN-BUILDINGS; MONITORING COSTS; SENSOR MODEL; VIRTUAL SENSOR;

BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; THERMAL COMFORT;

SENSORS;

EID: 80053586673     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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