A simple, scalable and low-cost method to generate thermal diagnostics of a domestic building

Applied Energy

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 519-530

  Papafragkou, Anastasios ^a   Ghosh, Siddhartha ^a   James, Patrick A B ^a   Rogers, Alex ^a   Bahaj, AbuBakr S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building energy performance; Domestic heating; Energy feedback; Heating and ventilation; Occupant preferences; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

COSTS; HEATING; HOUSING;

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; DOMESTIC HEATING; ENERGY FEEDBACKS; OCCUPANT PREFERENCES; THERMAL MODELLING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84918841789     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.045     Document Type: Article

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