Uncertainty quantification for combined building performance and cost-benefit analyses

Building and Environment

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-154

  Burhenne, Sebastian ^a   Tsvetkova, Olga ^a,b   Jacob, Dirk ^a   Henze, Gregor P ^c   Wagner, Andreas ^d  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Building performance simulation; Cost benefit analysis; Monte Carlo simulation; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis; Uncertainty quantification

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILDING MODEL; BUILDING OPERATIONS; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATIONS; BUILDING SIMULATION; DESIGN OPTION; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; ECONOMIC PARAMETERS; ENERGY COST; HVAC EQUIPMENT; INFLATION RATES; MODEL INPUTS; MODEL OUTPUTS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO FILTERING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NET PRESENT VALUE; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873926168     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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