Analysis of occupants' behavior related to the use of windows in German households

Building and Environment

Volumn 103, Issue , 2016, Pages 54-69

  Calì, Davide ^a   Andersen, Rune Korsholm ^b   Müller, Dirk ^a   Olesen, Bjarne W ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Building energy performance simulation; Buildings' energy performance; Case study; Field test; Logistic regression; Natural ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VENTILATION;

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS; DEMONSTRATION BUILDINGS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; FIELD TEST; NATURAL VENTILATION; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84962835183     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.03.024     Document Type: Article

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