A case for thermostat user models

Proceedings of BS 2013: 13th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1483-1490

  Urban, Bryan ^a   Gomez, Carla ^a  

^a Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BENEFITS; ENERGY USE; FIELD STUDIES; PRACTICAL MODEL; PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTATS; TEMPERATURE HISTORY; USER CONTROL; USER MODELS;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

THERMOSTATS;

EID: 84886686577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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