A classification of building energy performance indices

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 353-375

  Goldstein, David B ^a   Eley, Charles ^b  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL   (United States)

^b Eley Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset ratings; Benchmarking; Energy performance indices (EnPIs); Managing energy performance; O M index; Operational ratings

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY PERFORMANCE INDICES; M INDEX; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BENCHMARKING; BUILDING; CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY USE;

EID: 84895886843     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-013-9248-0     Document Type: Article

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