Optimum building energy retrofits under technical and economic uncertainty

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 324-337

  Rysanek, A M ^a   Choudhary, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building retrofits; Economic optimisation; Robust decision making; Uncertainty; Whole building simulation

Indexed keywords

BLACK BOXES; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING ENERGY MODEL; DEMAND-SIDE; DISCRETE COMPONENTS; ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY; ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM; INTEGRATED MODELLING; NON-PROBABILISTIC; OPTIMISATIONS; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS; ROBUST DECISION-MAKING; ROBUST DECISIONS; UNCERTAINTY; WHOLE-BUILDING SIMULATION;

DECISION MAKING; OPTIMIZATION; RETROFITTING;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84871811489     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.10.027     Document Type: Article

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