Modelling the contribution of domestic heat pumps to delivering UK energy policy objectives

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 338-354

  Braun, David ^a   Rowley, Paul ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP); English Housing Condition Survey (EHCS); Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP); Heat pumps; Monte Carlo; Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006492422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/app3020338     Document Type: Article

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