Air conditioning versus heating: Climate control is more energy demanding in Minneapolis than in Miami

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sivak, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

air conditioning; climatology; energy demand; energy efficiency; heating

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HEATING;

COLD CLIMATE; ENERGY DEMANDS; HEATING AND COOLING; HOT CLIMATE; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MINNEAPOLIS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

AIR CONDITIONING; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; HEATING; METROPOLITAN AREA; POWER PLANT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI; MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876162560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014050     Document Type: Article

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