Predicting indoor temperatures in closed buildings with high thermal mass

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 851-862

  Ogoli, David Mwale ^a  

^a Judson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Comfort; Energy; Temperatures; Thermal mass

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GALVANIZED METAL; STRUCTURAL PANELS; TIMBER;

THERMAL MASS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0041811847     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00246-3     Document Type: Article

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