Modelling an existing building in designbuilder/energyplus: Custom versus default inputs

IBPSA 2009 - International Building Performance Simulation Association 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1252-1259

  Wasilowski, Holly A ^a   Reinhart, Christoph F ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Energy simulation; Measurement ; Occupant behaviour; Verification

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SURVEY; CAMBRIDGE; EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS; ELECTRICITY USE; ENERGY MODEL; ENERGY SIMULATION; INTERNAL LOADS; MODEL DATA; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR; RELATIVE ERRORS; SITE-SPECIFIC WEATHER; WEATHER DATA;

BENCHMARKING; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; METEOROLOGY; STUDENTS; VERIFICATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84870172425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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