A building energy efficiency optimization method by evaluating the effective thermal zones occupancy

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5257-5278

  Pisello, Anna Laura ^a   Bobker, Michael ^b   Cotana, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy efficiency; Dynamic simulation and validation; Equipment operations and management; Post occupancy evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDINGS; FEEDBACK; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDINGS; OCCUPANCY CONDITIONS; OPERATIONS AND CONTROL; POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; PRIMARY ENERGIES; SIMULATION AND VALIDATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84872287577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5125257     Document Type: Article

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