Energy audit of an educational building in a hot summer climate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 122-130

  Alajmi, Ali ^a  

^a The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Energy audit; Energy audit team; Energy conservation opportunities (ECOs); Retrofitting and non retrofitting; Walk through assessment

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ASSESSMENT; BUILDING SIMULATION; BUILDING ZONES; COST ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; ENERGY AUDIT; ENERGY CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES (ECOS); FLOOR AREAS; LEVEL 2; LEVEL-1; MINIMAL COST; RECIPROCATING CHILLERS; SUMMER CLIMATE; WALK-THROUGH ASSESSMENT;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST ACCOUNTING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; RATING; RETROFITTING;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84857043792     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.11.033     Document Type: Article

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