Green buildings in Massachusetts: Comparison between actual and predicted energy performance

American Solar Energy Society - Solar 2007: 36th ASES Annual Conf., 32nd National Passive Solar Conf., 2nd Renewable Energy Policy and Marketing Conference: Sustainable Energy Puts America to Work

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 546-553

  Sacari, Jorge Luis Barrientos ^a   Bhattacharjee, Ujjwal ^a   Martinez, Tanya ^a   Duffy, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; DESIGN PHASE; ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENERGY USE; GREEN BUILDINGS; MASSACHUSETTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PRE-CONSTRUCTION; PV SYSTEM; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION;

BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; COMMERCE; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MARKETING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84867853693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. International Energy Agency (IEA), Statistics, Electricity/Heat Data for World in 2004, 2004, http://www.iea.org/Textbase/stats/electricitydata.asp? COUNTRY-CODE=29
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6. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), US Green Building Council, http://www.usgbc.org/LEED/
7. Massachusetts CHPS (MA-CHPS), 2005, http://www.masstech.org/ renewableenergy/green-schools/planning.htm
8. Typical Meteorological Year 1961-1990 (TMY2), National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB) http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old-data/nsrdb/tmy2/
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