Low exergy building systems implementation

Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-55

  Meggers, Forrest ^a   Ritter, Volker ^a   Goffin, Philippe ^a   Baetschmann, Marc ^a   Leibundgut, Hansjürg ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Buildings; Energy efficiency; Exergy; Heat pump; High performance; LowEx

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; EXERGY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

BUILDING PROJECTS; BUILDING SYSTEMS; COOLING METHODS; EXERGY USE; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HEAT PUMPS; HIGH PERFORMANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; LOWEX; PERFORMANCE MODEL; PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

BUILDING; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; HYBRID; INSULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84859968810     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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