A decoupled whole-building simulation engine for rapid exhaustive search of low-carbon and low-energy building refurbishment options

Building and Environment

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-33

  Rysanek, A M ^a   Choudhary, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building retrofits; Discrete options analysis; Energy efficiency emissions reduction; Whole building simulation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PHYSICS; CALCULATION PROCESS; COMMERCIAL MODELS; DISCRETE OPTIONS ANALYSIS; ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM; ENERGY SUPPLY TECHNOLOGY; ENGINEERING ASPECTS; ENGINEERING DECOMPOSITION; EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH; EXHAUSTIVE SIMULATION; HVAC CONTROL; LOW ENERGY BUILDINGS; LOW-CARBON; PRIMARY SCHOOLS; SIMULATION ENGINE; WHOLE-BUILDING SIMULATION;

CARBON; CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY RESOURCES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RETROFITTING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; VENTILATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 81255163742     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.09.024     Document Type: Article

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