Building behavior simulation by means of artificial neural network in summer conditions

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5339-5353

  Buratti, Cinzia ^a   Lascaro, Elisa ^a   Palladino, Domenico ^a   Vergoni, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network (ANN); building envelope behaviour; Cooling conditions; Unsteady simulations

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BUILDING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; INDOOR AIR; INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUMMER;

ITALY; UMBRIA;

EID: 84906232211     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6085339     Document Type: Article

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