Design of passive cooling by night ventilation: Evaluation of a parametric model and building simulation with measurements

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1129-1143

  Pfafferott, Jens ^a   Herkel, Sebastian ^a   Jäschke, Martina ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Building simulation; Design; Night ventilation; Parametric model; Performance criteria

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DATA REDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLAR RADIATION; VENTILATION;

PARAMETRIC MODELS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0344877418     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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