Bringing simulation to implementation: Presentation of a global approach in the design of passive solar buildings under humid tropical climates

Solar Energy

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-120

  Garde, F ^a   Mara, T ^a   Lauret, A P ^a   Boyer, H ^a   Celaire, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b Concept Energie ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; URBAN PLANNING; VENTILATION;

THERMAL COMFORT;

TROPICAL BUILDINGS;

SOLAR POWER;

EID: 0035796547     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(01)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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