Impact study of the climate change on the energy performance of the building stock in Stockholm considering four climate uncertainties

Building and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 291-304

  Nik, Vahid M ^a   Sasic Kalagasidis, Angela ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Building stock; Climate change; Energy simulation; Probabilistic approach; Uncertainty factors

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STOCKS; CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; COOLING STRATEGY; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY SIMULATION; FUTURE ENERGIES; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HEATING DEMAND; HYBRID MODE; IMPACT STUDY; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; INITIAL CONDITIONS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; QUASI-RANDOM SAMPLING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; STOCKHOLM; UNCERTAINTY FACTORS;

BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PHARMACODYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; ENERGY USE; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 84872384013     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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