Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 341-352

  Flores Larsen, Silvana ^a   Filippín, Celina ^b   González, Silvina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Energy consumption; EnergyPlus; Thermal simulation; User behavior

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ADAPTABILITY; COMFORT CONDITIONS; CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT; ENERGYPLUS; IMPROVED MODELS; INDOOR CONDITIONS; MASSIVE WALLS; THERMAL MONITORING; THERMAL SIMULATIONS; USER BEHAVIORS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84857049378     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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