Cooling and heating loads in residential buildings in Jordan

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-143

  Shariah, Adnan ^a   Tashtoush, Brhan ^a   Rousan, Akram ^a,b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Air conditioned buildings; Ceiling insulation; Cooling; Heating; Jordan; Wall insulation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CALCULATIONS; COOLING; HEATING; THERMAL INSULATION;

JORDAN CLIMATIC REGIONS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0031222797     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-7788(96)01027-4     Document Type: Article

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