A simulation-based decision model for designing contract period in building energy performance contracting

Building and Environment

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-80

  Deng, Qianli ^a   Zhang, Limao ^a,b   Cui, Qingbin ^a   Jiang, Xianglin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contract period; Cost savings guarantee; Energy performance contracting; Optimization; Uncertainty modeling

Indexed keywords

BIDDING COMPETITIVENESS; CONTRACT PERIOD; COST SAVING; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY INVESTMENTS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING; ENERGY SERVICE COMPANIES (ESCOS); UNCERTAINTY MODELING;

COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INVESTMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84886065916     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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