Assessment of building operational energy at early stages of design – a monthly quasi-steady-state approach

In this paper a new numerical tool to estimate the operational energy of buildings, in early design stages, is presented. This tool is part of a novel approach for life-cycle analysis based on macro-components developed in the European research project SB_Steel – Sustainable Buildings in Steel. Two...

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Main Author: Santos, P. (author)
Other Authors: Martins, R. (author), Gervásio, H. (author), Silva, L. Simões da (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/27921
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/27921