Cluster analysis of simulated energy use for LEED certified U.S. office buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 86-97

  Heidarinejad, Mohammad ^a   Dahlhausen, Matthew ^a   McMahon, Sean ^b   Pyke, Chris ^b   Srebric, Jelena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b US Green Building Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Building classification; Building site energy utilization index; Energy simulations and modeling; Internally load dominated; LEED certification; Office buildings

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

BUILDING ENERGY USE; BUILDING SITES; ENERGY SIMULATION; ENERGY USE INTENSITIES; HIGH-PERFORMANCE OFFICE BUILDINGS; INTERNALLY-LOAD DOMINATED; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; WINDOW-TO-WALL RATIO;

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN;

EID: 84908333900     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.09.017     Document Type: Article

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