Energy audit of schools by means of cluster analysis

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 160-171

  Arambula Lara, Rigoberto ^a   Pernigotto, Giovanni ^b   Cappelletti, Francesca ^c   Romagnoni, Piercarlo ^c   Gasparella, Andrea ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Energy audit; Energy consumption; Energy retrofit; Schools refurbishment

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; K-MEANS CLUSTERING; RETROFITTING;

ARCHITECTURAL TYPES; ENERGY AUDIT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION LEVELS; ENERGY RETROFIT; HOT-WATER PRODUCTION; K-MEANS CLUSTERING METHOD; OPTIMAL ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS REFURBISHMENT;

DATA MINING;

EID: 84937764360     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.03.036     Document Type: Article

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