Low energy housing design in an area of high wind and rain: An innovative housing scheme at Stenness on the Orkney islands

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 319-326

  Bullen, C R ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; RAIN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WIND EFFECTS;

LOW ENERGY HOUSING;

HOUSES;

EID: 0034274966     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(00)00059-1     Document Type: Article

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