Empirical assessment of calculated and actual heating energy use in Hellenic residential buildings

Applied Energy

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 115-132

  Balaras, Constantinos A ^a   Dascalaki, Elena G ^a   Droutsa, Kalliopi G ^a   Kontoyiannidis, Simon ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Actual energy use; Common retrofit actions; Energy performance certificates; EPISCOPE; Field surveys; Hellenic dwellings

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; HOUSING; RETROFITTING; SPACE HEATING; SURVEYS; THERMAL INSULATION;

ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY USE; EPISCOPE; FIELD SURVEYS; HELLENIC DWELLINGS; RETROFIT ACTIONS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; FIELD SURVEY; HEATING; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

GREECE;

EID: 84949895736     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.11.027     Document Type: Article

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