ROBESim: A retrofit-oriented building energy simulator based on EnergyPlus

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-103

  Chuah, Jun Wei ^a   Raghunathan, Anand ^b   Jha, Niraj K ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy simulation; Energy conservation; EnergyPlus; Green buildings; ROBESim

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; BUILDING OWNERS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGYPLUS; GREEN BUILDINGS; MODULE DEVELOPMENT; ROBESIM;

BUILDINGS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; RETROFITTING; SIMULATORS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84881532887     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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