Monitoring building energy consumption, thermal performance, and indoor air quality in a cold climate region

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-68

  Sharmin, Tanzia ^a   Gül, Mustafa ^a   Li, Xinming ^a   Ganev, Veselin ^a   Nikolaidis, Ioanis ^a   Al Hussein, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building envelope thermal performance; Building management system; Energy usage; Indoor air quality; Sensor based monitoring system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904363975     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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