Energy demands and potential savings in European office buildings: Case studies based on EnergyPlus simulations

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-28

  Boyano, A ^a,c   Hernandez, P ^b   Wolf, O ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^c International Energy Policy Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Energy savings; Office buildings

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENERGY BILLS; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; EXTERNAL WALLS; HVAC SYSTEM; LIGHTING CONTROLS; WARM CLIMATES;

CLIMATE CONTROL; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIGHTING; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84879478643     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.05.039     Document Type: Article

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