Risk analysis of energy-efficiency projects based on bayesian calibration of building energy models

Proceedings of Building Simulation 2011: 12th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2579-2586

  Heo, Yeonsook ^a,b   Augenbroe, Godfried ^a   Choudhary, Ruchi ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN CALIBRATION; BUILDING ENERGY MODEL; ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES; ENERGY MODEL; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PROBABILISTIC OUTPUT; RELATIVE RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS METHODS; STANDARD PRACTICES; SUPPORT ENERGY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CALIBRATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84865627521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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