Simulating of energy use in a building with three weather files of Hong Kong

Energy Engineering: Journal of the Association of Energy Engineering

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 30-54

  Chow, W K ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Fong, S K ^a,j  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Portland State University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e Hong Kong Inst of Voc Education   (Hong Kong)

^f Institution of Engineers   (Australia)

^g Inst's Coll of Mech Engineering

^h Australian Computer Society

ⁱ ASME

^j NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COOLING; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC LOADS; HEAT TRANSFER; METEOROLOGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

COOLING LOAD PER ENVELOPE AREA; COOLING LOAD PER FLOOR AREA; OVERALL THERMAL TRANSFER VALUES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE BLAST 3.0;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 0029770612     PISSN: 01998595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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