Occupancy-moderated zonal space-conditioning under a demand-driven electricity price

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 453-463

  Leow, W L ^a,c   Larson, Richard C ^a,c   Kirtley, James L ^b,c  

^a Engineering Systems Division   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home automation; Home electricity consumption; Pre heating cooling; Smart grid; Zonal space conditioning

Indexed keywords

DEMAND-DRIVEN PRICING; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; HOME AUTOMATION; HOME CONTROLLER; PRE-CONDITIONING; SMART GRID; ZONAL SPACE-CONDITIONING;

COSTS; HEATING;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 84874835699     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.01.027     Document Type: Article

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