Climatic effects on cooling load determination in subtropical regions

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1831-1843

  Li, Danny H W ^a   Wong, S L ^a   Lam, Joseph C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Computer simulation; Cooling load; Design weather conditions; Significant level

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; HEATING; VENTILATION;

COOLING LOAD;

ELECTRIC LOADS;

EID: 0037411416     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(02)00189-9     Document Type: Article

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