Climate classification for building energy codes and standards: Part 1 - Development process

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 109 PART 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 109-121

  Briggs, Robert S ^a   Lucas, Robert G ^a   Taylor, Z Todd ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MAPS;

BUILDING ENERGY ANALYSES; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATIC MATERIALS; DESIGN GUIDELINES;

BUILDING CODES;

EID: 0038004463     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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