Uncertainties in energy consumption introduced by building operations and weather for a medium-size office building

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-158

  Wang, Liping ^a   Mathew, Paul ^a   Pang, Xiufeng ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building operations; EnergyPlus; Monte Carlo analysis; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILDING OPERATIONS; COMBINED EFFECT; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DESIGN CONDITION; DESIGN FEATURES; ENERGY USE; ENERGYPLUS; GOOD PRACTICES; HVAC SYSTEM; IN-BUILDINGS; INPUT PARAMETER; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE PARAMETERS; OPERATIONAL FACTORS; OPERATIONAL PRACTICES; SIMULATION-BASED ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTIES; UNCERTAINTY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CLIMATE CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84864402587     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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