Evaluation and improvement of the energy performance of a building's equipment and subsystems through continuous monitoring

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 368-381

  Batista, Ana Paula ^a,b   Freitas, Maria Eugênia A ^b   Jota, Fábio G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO TECNOLÓGICA DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Building monitoring; Control; Equipment; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MODELS; MONITORING;

AUTO REGRESSIVE MODELS; AUTOMATIC EQUIPMENT CONTROLS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT; EXOGENOUS INPUT; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84896500016     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.02.029     Document Type: Article

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