Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8119043 | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2014 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
The results suggest that when attempting to determine an energy benchmark some considerations should not be forgotten: standard indoor environmental conditions (IEC) for classrooms (set-point for indoor operative temperature of 20 °C in winter and 26 °C in summer as suggested in EN 15251:2007), electrical and heating consumption values should be kept separately, different education levels usually require different energy consumption values. A good way to normalize heating energy consumption is going through a climatic adjustment based on Heating Degree Days (HDD). For an impartial data comparison, based either on an operating rating or on a simulation carried out for reference conditions, benchmark reference values should be expressed in terms of billed energy data.
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Authors
LuÃsa Dias Pereira, Daniela Raimondo, Stefano Paolo Corgnati, Manuel Gameiro da Silva,