Methods for benchmarking building energy consumption against its past or intended performance: An overview

Applied Energy

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 325-334

  Li, Zhengwei ^a   Han, Yanmin ^a   Xu, Peng ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Building; Energy benchmarking; Overview

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING SECTORS; COMMISSIONING PROCESS; CONTINUOUS COMMISSIONING; ENERGY BENCHMARKING; EXISTING SYSTEMS; OVERVIEW; PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS;

BENCHMARKING;

BENCHMARKING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84897526846     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.03.020     Document Type: Review

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