Key factors determining the energy rating of existing English houses

Building Research and Information

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 725-738

  Stone, Andrew ^a   Shipworth, David ^a   Biddulph, Phill ^a   Oreszczyn, Tadj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

building stock; energy rating; global sensitivity analysis; household energy; housing stock; modelling; Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP)

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CARBON; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HOUSES; HOUSING; MODELS; RATING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; BUILDING STOCKS; ENERGY RATING; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSING STOCK;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84926127484     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2014.905383     Document Type: Article

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