Heating patterns in English homes: Comparing results from a national survey against common model assumptions

Building and Environment

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 298-305

  Huebner, Gesche M ^a   McMichael, Megan ^a   Shipworth, David ^a   Shipworth, Michelle ^a   Durand Daubin, Mathieu ^b   Summerfield, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

BREDEM; Building stock models; Heating demand temperature; Heating duration; Heating patterns; Occupancy schedules

Indexed keywords

BREDEM; BUILDING STOCKS; HEATING DEMAND; HEATING PATTERN; HEATING PERIOD; HEATING SYSTEM; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; NATIONAL SURVEYS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

HEATING;

ENERGY USE; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84884940934     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.08.028     Document Type: Article

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