Residential energy retrofits in a cooling climate

Journal of Building Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages 112-118

  Rhodes, Joshua D ^a,b   Imane Bouhou, Nour El ^a   Upshaw, Charles R ^a   Blackhurst, Michael F ^a   Webber, Michael E ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Before after data; Energy retrofits; Hot and humid climate; Measured data; Regression; Residential

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DUCTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSING; INSULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROFITTING; SALES; VENTILATION DUCTS;

BEFORE/AFTER DATA; ENERGY RETROFIT; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; MEASURED DATA; REGRESSION; RESIDENTIAL;

AIR CONDITIONING DUCTS;

EID: 84960920856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23527102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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