Multi-year and reference year weather data for building energy labelling in north Italy climates

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-72

  Pernigotto, Giovanni ^a,b   Prada, Alessandro ^a   Cóstola, Daniel ^b   Gasparella, Andrea ^a   Hensen, Jan L M ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Building energy rating; Building energy simulation; EN ISO 15927 4:2005; Multi year analysis; Test reference year

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING ENERGY LABELLING; BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; EN ISO 15927-4:2005; MULTI-YEAR ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL STANDARDS; WEATHER INFORMATION;

LABELS; METEOROLOGY; SOLAR BUILDINGS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84893126757     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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