Annual performances of reversible air-to-water heat pumps in small residential buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 299-309

  Madonna, Francesco ^a   Bazzocchi, Francesca ^a  

^a RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO RSE S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air source heat pumps; Energy efficiency; Field trial; Modelling; Residential buildings; Reversible heat pumps; Systems simulation; Weather compensation strategy

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION STRATEGY; FIELD TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; REVERSIBLE HEAT PUMPS; SYSTEMS SIMULATION;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; MODELS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84880317289     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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