The zero-peak house: Full-scale experiments and demonstration

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 483-492

  Newsham, Guy R ^a   Galasiu, Anca D ^a   Armstrong, Marianne M ^a   Beausoleil Morrison, Ian ^b   Szadkowski, Frank ^c   Sager, Jeremy M ^c   Pietila, Andrea J ^b   Rowlands, Ian H ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Canada; Electricity; House; Peak demand; PV; Shading; Summer

Indexed keywords

CANADA; PEAK DEMAND; PV; SHADING; SUMMER;

AIR CONDITIONING; ELECTRICITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

HOUSES;

EID: 84879222235     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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