Assessment of building operational energy at early stages of design - A monthly quasi-steady-state approach

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-73

  Santos, P ^a   Martins, R ^a   Gervasio H ^a   Simoes Da Silva L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Buildings; Early design; Monthly approach; Operational energy assessment; Quasi steady state method

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CALIBRATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; RESEARCH;

EARLY DESIGNS; EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MONTHLY APPROACH; OPERATIONAL ENERGY; QUASI-STEADY STATE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84901306390     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.02.084     Document Type: Article

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