Optimal scheduling of low carbon investment decisions for a social housing refurbishment case study

Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, ECOS 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2023-2035

  Jennings, Mark Gerard ^a   Fisk, David J ^a   Shah, Nilay ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MILP; Optimization; Planning; Refurbishment; RTN

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COGENERATION PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEATING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; SCHEDULING; TECHNOLOGY;

BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS; DEMAND SIDE INTERVENTIONS; DISTRICT HEATING NETWORKS; MILP; MIXED-INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; REFURBISHMENT; REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS; RTN;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84903618466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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