Sensitivity of energy simulation models to occupancy related parameters in commercial buildings

Construction Research Congress 2012: Construction Challenges in a Flat World, Proceedings of the 2012 Construction Research Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1381-1390

  Azar, Elie ^a   Menassa, Carol ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; ENERGY MODEL; ENERGY MODELING; ENERGY SIMULATION; ENERGY USE; GOVERNMENTAL INITIATIVES; HOT WEATHER; INPUT PARAMETER; SAVING ENERGY; SETPOINTS; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; RESEARCH;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EID: 84866244929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784412329.139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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