A fresh look at weather impact on peak electricity demand and energy use of buildings using 30-year actual weather data

Applied Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 333-350

  Hong, Tianzhen ^a   Chang, Wen Kuei ^b   Lin, Hung Wen ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Actual meteorological year; Building simulation; Energy use; Peak electricity demand; Typical meteorological year; Weather data

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; METEOROLOGY; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ACTUAL METEOROLOGICAL YEAR; BUILDING SIMULATION; ENERGY USE; PEAK ELECTRICITY DEMAND; TYPICAL METEOROLOGICAL YEAR; WEATHER DATA;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; DATA SET; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; INVESTMENT; METEOROLOGY;

EID: 84878852703     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.019     Document Type: Article

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