Energy and exergy-based indicators for the energy performance assessment of a hotel building

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 181-188

  Gonçalves, Pedro ^a   Gaspar, Adélio Rodrigues ^a   Silva, Manuel Gameiro Da ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Energy audits; Energy labelling; Energy performance of buildings; Exergy analysis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY AUDIT; ENERGY LABELLING; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; ENERGY USE; EUROPEAN UNION; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; HOTEL BUILDING; IN-BUILDINGS; PORTUGAL; PRIMARY ENERGIES; PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION; PRIMARY ENERGY RATIOS; PRIMARY ENERGY USE; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

BENCHMARKING; BUILDINGS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXERGY; HOTELS; LABELS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84863744175     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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