An indoor-outdoor building energy simulator to study urban modification effects on building energy use - Model description and validation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 407-417

  Yaghoobian, Neda ^a   Kleissl, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy simulator; Dynamic online modeling; Urban heat island mitigation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILDING SURFACE; ENERGY MODELING; ENERGY USE; HEAT SOURCES; HEATING LOAD; HVAC EQUIPMENT; IN-BUILDINGS; MODEL DESCRIPTION; MULTI-MODEL; ONLINE MODELING; THERMAL INTERACTION; TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN MATERIALS; URBAN MODIFICATION; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEATING EQUIPMENT; METEOROLOGY; SIMULATORS; WASTE HEAT;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84865634556     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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