Real-time monitoring framework to investigate the environmental and structural performance of buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-16

  Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena ^a,b   Byrne, David ^b   Keane, Marcus M ^a,b   Goggins, Jamie ^b  

^a Irish Research Unit for Sustainable Energy (IRUSE)   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Buildings; Environmental performance; Monitoring; Structural performance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BUILDINGS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MONITORING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; REAL TIME MONITORING; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING; UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

IRELAND;

EID: 84920886135     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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