Inter-building effect: Simulating the impact of a network of buildings on the accuracy of building energy performance predictions

Building and Environment

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-45

  Pisello, Anna Laura ^a   Taylor, John E ^b   Xu, Xiaoqi ^c   Cotana, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Building networks; Energy efficiency; Inter building effect; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY DYNAMICS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; INTER-BUILDING EFFECT; MINNEAPOLIS; SIMULATION; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SURROUNDING BUILDINGS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

BUILDINGS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; NETWORK ANALYSIS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI; MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864071068     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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