The effects of rooftop garden on energy consumption of a commercial building in Singapore

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-364

  Wong, N H ^a   Cheong, D K W ^a   Yan, H ^a   Soh, J ^a   Ong, C L ^b   Sia, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b National Parks Board   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Commercial building; Energy consumption; Rooftop garden

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ELECTRIC LOADS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MOISTURE; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SOILS;

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS;

ROOFS;

EID: 0037402002     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00108-1     Document Type: Article

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