Influence of occupant's heating set-point preferences on indoor environmental quality and heating demand in residential buildings

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 635-645

  Fabi, Valentina ^a   Andersen, Rune Vinther ^b   Corgnati, Stefano Paolo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; BUILDING SIMULATION; DETERMINISTIC APPROACH; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC EVALUATION; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE MODELS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LOGISTICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

HEATING;

EID: 84881288380     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2013.789372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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