Uncertainties in energy and economic performance of HVAC systems and energy recovery ventilators due to uncertainties in building and HVAC parameters

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 732-742

  Rasouli, Mohammad ^a   Ge, Gaoming ^a   Simonson, Carey J ^a   Besant, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building HVAC system; Energy recovery ventilator; Energy savings; Payback period; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING PARAMETERS; CAPITAL COSTS; CHICAGO; COOLING ENERGY; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENERGY RATES; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICES; ENERGY SAVINGS POTENTIAL; ENERGY USE; EXHAUST AIR; HEATING ENERGY; HEATING LOAD; HVAC EQUIPMENT; HVAC SYSTEM; IN-BUILDINGS; INITIAL COSTS; INPUT PARAMETER; PAYBACK PERIODS; PEAK COOLING LOAD; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; UNCERTAINTY; VENTILATION RATE;

COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INVESTMENTS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RECOVERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VENTILATION; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 84866549187     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.08.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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