Analysis of two models for evaluating the energy performance of different buildings

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5311-5321

  Evangelisti, Luca ^a   Battista, Gabriele ^a   Guattari, Claudia ^a   Basilicata, Carmine ^a   Vollaro, Roberto de Lieto ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building energy performance; Calculation code; Simulation; TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BUILDING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MODEL TEST; SOFTWARE; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84906232993     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6085311     Document Type: Article

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