Building energy performance analysis: A case study

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-94

  De Lieto Vollaro, Roberto ^a   Guattari, Claudia ^a   Evangelisti, Luca ^a   Battista, Gabriele ^a   Carnielo, Emiliano ^a   Gori, Paola ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building energy analysis; Energy demands; Integrated methodology

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FLOWMETERS;

BUILDING ENERGY ANALYSIS; BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; SIMPLIFIED CALCULATIONS; THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84911893665     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.10.080     Document Type: Article

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