Achieving informed decision-making for net zero energy buildings design using building performance simulation tools

Building Simulation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-21

  Attia, Shady ^a,b   De Herde, Andre ^b   Gratia, Elisabeth ^b   Hensen, Jan L M ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

architects; decision support; design; early stage; net zero; simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874213771     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-013-0105-z     Document Type: Review

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