A case study for energy issues of public buildings and utilities in a small municipality: Investigation of possible improvements and integration with renewables

Applied Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-114

  Fiaschi, Daniele ^a   Bandinelli, Romeo ^a   Conti, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building retrofit; Energy management; Public building; Public lighting; Renewable

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROFITABILITY; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STREET LIGHTING;

CLIMATE CONDITION; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY BILLS; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY; MODEL SIMULATION; NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; PUBLIC LIGHTING; PUBLIC SCHOOLS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RE-QUALIFICATION; RENEWABLE; RENEWABLES; REPRESENTATIVE CASE; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; SAVE ENERGY; SIMILAR CASE; SPECIFIC AREAS; TUSCANY; URBAN AREAS;

INVESTMENTS;

BUILDING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA SET; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVESTMENT; NATURAL GAS; PROFITABILITY; REGULATORY APPROACH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; URBAN AREA; UTILITY SECTOR;

CERTALDO; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84862326521     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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