Lighting energy savings potential of split-pane electrochromic windows controlled for daylighting with visual comfort

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-20

  Fernandes, L L ^a   Lee, E S ^a   Ward, G ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Anyhere Software   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy efficiency; Control optimization; Daylighting; Electrochromic windows

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; CONTROL OPTIMIZATION; ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOWS; ENERGY SAVINGS POTENTIAL; INTERIOR ILLUMINANCE; LEAST-SQUARES ALGORITHMS; LIGHTING SIMULATION; LINEAR INEQUALITY CONSTRAINTS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELECTROCHROMISM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OPTIMIZATION;

DAYLIGHTING;

EID: 84876946289     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.10.057     Document Type: Article

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