Learning from failure: Understanding the anticipated-achieved building energy performance gap

Building Research and Information

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 750-763

  Fedoruk, Laura E ^a   Cole, Raymond J ^a   Robinson, John B ^a   Cayuela, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

building design; building operation; building performance; buildings; energy monitoring; failures; feedback; lessons; performance gap

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FEEDBACK; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING OPERATIONS; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; ENERGY MONITORING; LESSONS; PERFORMANCE GAPS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84946490207     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2015.1036227     Document Type: Article

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