Sensitivity analysis in building performance simulation for summer comfort assessment of apartments from the real estate market

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-65

  Encinas, Felipe ^a   De Herde, André ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Building performance simulation; Cluster analysis; Passive cooling; Real estate market; Sensitivity analysis; Summer comfort

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATIONS; K-MEANS CLUSTERING METHOD; PASSIVE COOLING; PASSIVE COOLING TECHNIQUES; REAL ESTATE MARKET; SENSITIVE PARAMETER; SUMMER COMFORTS; THERMAL REGULATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

APARTMENT HOUSES;

EID: 84879811462     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.05.047     Document Type: Article

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