Accuracy of automated measurement and verification (M&V) techniques for energy savings in commercial buildings

Applied Energy

Volumn 173, Issue , 2016, Pages 296-308

  Granderson, Jessica ^a   Touzani, Samir ^a   Custodio, Claudine ^a   Sohn, Michael D ^a   Jump, David ^b   Fernandes, Samuel ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Quantum Energy Services and Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline model; Building energy analysis; M V 2.0; Measurement and verification; Predictive performance accuracy; Whole building energy

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURES; BUILDINGS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SOFTWARE TESTING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BASELINE MODELS; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING ENERGY ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT AND VERIFICATION; PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE;

INVESTMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BUILDING; DATA ACQUISITION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84962812137     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.04.049     Document Type: Article

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