Becon: A program for predicting building energy consumption for air-conditioning buildings

HKIE Transactions Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 89-94

  Yik, Francis W H ^a   Burnett, J ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air Conditioning System Simulation; Building Energy Consumption; Building Environmental Assessment; Computer Programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002876066     PISSN: 1023697X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1023697X.1998.10667769     Document Type: Article

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