Daylighting as a passive solar design strategy in tropical buildings: A case study of Malaysia

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1725-1736

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

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daylighting; Energy; Illumination; Solar irradiation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ALGORITHMS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COOLING; DAYLIGHTING; GLAZES; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICAL BUILDINGS; WINDOWS;

ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 0036722238     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(01)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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