The bioclimatic design approach to low-energy buildings its the Klang Valley, Malaysia

Renewable Energy

Volumn 15, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 437-440

  Zain Ahmed, A ^a   Sayigh, A A M ^b   Surendran, P N ^b   Othman, M Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic charts; Control potential zones; Dehumidification; Shading; Thermal comfort; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; VENTILATION;

BIOCLIMATIC CHARTS; CONTROL POTENTIAL ZONES; DEHUMIDIFICATION; THERMAL COMFORT;

SOLAR BUILDINGS;

EID: 0032156901     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-1481(98)00200-6     Document Type: Article

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