Getting to net zero energy building: Investigating the role of vehicle to home technology

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 465-476

  Alirezaei, Mehdi ^a   Noori, Mehdi ^b   Tatari, Omer ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Net zero energy building; Renewable energy sources; Vehicle to home technology

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; VEHICLES;

DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; NET-ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84984602152     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.08.044     Document Type: Article

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