Evaluation of weather datasets for building energy simulation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-118

  Bhandari, Mahabir ^a   Shrestha, Som ^a   New, Joshua ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy simulation; Climate; EnergyPlus; Weather data

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LOCATION; METEOROLOGY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; WIND;

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; CLIMATE; ENERGY PLUS; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; HISTORICAL WEATHER DATUM; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; WEATHER DATA;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84861807214     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.01.033     Document Type: Article

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