A new methodology for investigating the cost-optimality of energy retrofitting a building category

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 456-478

  Mauro, Gerardo Maria ^a   Hamdy, Mohamed ^b,c,d   Vanoli, Giuseppe Peter ^e   Bianco, Nicola ^a   Hensen, Jan L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building category; Building performance simulation; Building stock; Cost optimality; Energy retrofit; Office buildings; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MATLAB; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RETROFITTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BUILDING CATEGORIES; BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATIONS; BUILDING STOCKS; COST-OPTIMALITY; ENERGY RETROFIT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84941645177     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.08.044     Document Type: Article

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