Challenges and opportunities in engineered retrofits of buildings for improved energy efficiency and habitability

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 658-667

  Foley, Henry C ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buildings; Business model; Distributed control; Energy efficiency; Model based design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856611856     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.13748     Document Type: Article

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