A comprehensive analysis of the impact of occupancy parameters in energy simulation of office buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 841-853

  Azar, Elie ^a   Menassa, Carol C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial office buildings; Energy consumption; Occupancy behavior; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL PARAMETERS; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING SYSTEMS; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DESIGN OF BUILDINGS; DESIGN PHASE; DIFFERENT SIZES; ENERGY MODEL; ENERGY MODELING; ENERGY SIMULATION; ENERGY USE; GOVERNMENTAL ENERGY; HEATING TEMPERATURES; INPUT PARAMETER; OCCUPANCY BEHAVIOR; SETPOINTS; TECHNICAL DESIGN; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EID: 84870610001     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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