The effort to bring existing buildings towards the A class: A discussion on the application of calculation methodologies

Applied Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 438-450

  Magrini, Anna ^a   Magnani, Lorenza ^a   Pernetti, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building refurbishment; Energy certification; Energy performance; Energy saving; EPBD; Italian National procedures

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; STANDARDS;

BUILDING REFURBISHMENTS; ENERGY CERTIFICATION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; EPBD; ITALIAN NATIONAL PROCEDURES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; BUILDING CODE; CERTIFICATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDEX METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

EID: 84862323630     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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