A knowledge based approach for selecting energy-aware and comfort-driven HVAC temperature set points

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 536-548

  Ghahramani, Ali ^a   Jazizadeh, Farrokh ^a   Becerik Gerber, Burcin ^a  

^a Sonny Astani Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering Viterbi School of Engineering Univ of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort energy tradeoff; Energy conservation; HVAC system; Office buildings; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ENERGY AWARE; ENERGY TRADEOFF; HVAC SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE-BASED APPROACH; SETPOINTS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84910034243     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.09.055     Document Type: Article

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