A Review of the Regulatory Energy Performance Gap and Its Underlying Causes in Non-domestic Buildings

Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue , 2016, Pages

  van Dronkelaar, Chris ^a,b   Dowson, Mark ^b   Spataru, Catalina ^a   Mumovic, Dejan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BURO HAPPOLD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

energy performance gap; energy use in buildings; feedback; measurements; post occupancy evaluation; predictions

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIFE CYCLE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY PERFORMANCE GAP; ENERGY USE; ENERGY USE IN BUILDINGS; NON-DOMESTIC BUILDINGS; OCCUPANTS BEHAVIOURS; PERFORMANCE GAPS; POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; UNCERTAINTY; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 85091662079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22973079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmech.2015.00017     Document Type: Review

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