The impact of local microclimate boundary conditions on building energy performance

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 9207-9230

  Pisello, Anna Laura ^a   Pignatta, Gloria ^a   Castaldo, Veronica Lucia ^a   Cotana, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate boundary; Continuous microclimate monitoring; Degree hour method; Dynamic simulation; Energy efficiency in buildings; Lake environment

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROCLIMATE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COOLING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84938723612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7079207     Document Type: Article

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