Energy retrofit analysis toolkits for commercial buildings: A review

Energy

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 1087-1100

  Lee, Sang Hoon ^a   Hong, Tianzhen ^a   Piette, Mary Ann ^a   Taylor Lange, Sarah C ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy retrofit; Energy conservation measures; Energy efficiency; Energy simulation; Retrofit analysis tools; Web based applications

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ANALYSIS TOOLS; BUILDING ENERGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES; ENERGY SIMULATION; WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS;

RETROFITTING;

BENCHMARKING; BUILDING; COMMERCIALIZATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84941875623     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.06.112     Document Type: Review

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