Why is the reliability of building simulation limited as a tool for evaluating energy conservation measures?

Applied Energy

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-205

  Li, Nan ^a   Yang, Zheng ^b   Becerik Gerber, Burcin ^b   Tang, Chao ^b   Chen, Nanlin ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Cross estimation; Energy conservation measure (ECM); Energy simulation; Occupancy; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CALIBRATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; RELIABILITY;

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS; ENERGY SIMULATION; OCCUPANCY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SIMULATED PERFORMANCE; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

BUILDING; CALIBRATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84941623870     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.09.001     Document Type: Article

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