Electrical energy saving in a passive-solar-heated residence using a direct gain attached sunspace

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-151

  Bakos, G C ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electrical energy saving; Renewable energy; Solar energy conversion; Solar gain

Indexed keywords

DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC HEATING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLOORS; ROOFS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOSTATS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ELECTRIC ENERGY SAVING; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE;

PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS;

EID: 0037290365     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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