A method to compare simulated and measured data to assess building energy performance

Building and Environment

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 241-251

  Maile, Tobias ^a,b   Bazjanac, Vladimir ^b   Fischer, Martin ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building performance; Building performance simulation; Measured data; Performance assessment; Performance comparison; Simulated data

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; MEASURED DATA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; SIMULATED DATA;

DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; RESEARCH;

BUILDINGS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; ENERGY USE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84859636798     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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