Adaptive architecture: Integrating low-energy technologies for climate control in the desert

Automation in Construction

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 417-425

  Etzion, Y ^a   Pearlmutter, D ^a   Erell, E ^a   Meir, I A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bio climatic architecture; Earth berming; Evaporative cooling; Passive heating; Selective glazing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GLAZES;

ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE; BIOCLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; PASSIVE HEATING; SELECTIVE GLAZING;

INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

EID: 0031221837     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-5805(97)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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