Application of building energy simulation in the sizing and design optimization of an office building and its HVAC equipment

Energy and Buildings: Efficiency, Air Quality and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 279-324

  Zogou, Olympia ^a   Stamatelos, Anastassios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Building energy simulation; Design optimization; HVAC equipment; HVAC systems design; Optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892088595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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