On the cooling potential of night ventilation techniques in the urban environment

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-257

  Geros, V ^a   Santamouris, M ^a   Karatasou, S ^a   Tsangrassoulis, A ^a   Papanikolaou, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; Night ventilation; Passive cooling techniques in buildings; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUILDINGS; COOLING; DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

COOLING POTENTIAL; NIGHT VENTILATION; PASSIVE COOLING TECHNIQUES IN BUILDINGS; URBAN ENVIRONMENT;

VENTILATION;

EID: 10044289512     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.06.024     Document Type: Article

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