Skytherm: An approach to year-round thermal energy sufficient houses

Renewable Energy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 527-543

  Raeissi, S ^a   Taheri, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Passive cooling and heating; Roof pondsA; Skytherm

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COOLING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; ROOFS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR PONDS; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PASSIVE COOLING; PASSIVE HEATING; ROOF PONDS; SKYTHERM SYSTEM;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0033883325     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(99)00079-8     Document Type: Article

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