Winsim: A simple simulation program for evaluating the influence of windows on heating demand and risk of overheating

Solar Energy

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-258

  Schultz, Jørgen M ^a   Svendsen, Svend ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT LOSSES; PERFORMANCE; SPACE HEATING; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

HEATING DEMAND; OVERHEATING; WINSIM CODE;

WINDOWS;

GLASS;

EID: 0032194488     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(98)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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