Energy and Water Consumption Variability in School Buildings: Review and Application of Clustering Techniques

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Almeida, Ricardo M S F ^a   Ramos, Nuno M M ^b   Simões, M Lurdes ^b   De Freitas, Vasco P ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Energy consumption; School buildings; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES; COMPLETE LINKAGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; WARD'S CLUSTERING; WATER CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84947225061     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: 19435509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000663     Document Type: Article

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