Pre-design guidelines for passive solar architectural buildings in Kenya

International Journal of Sustainable Energy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 83-119

  Rabah, Kefa V O ^a,b   Mito, C O ^b  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Climatic design; Human comfort; Passive architecture; Solar energy; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS; SOLAR ENERGY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CLIMATIC DESIGN; HUMAN COMFORTS; PASSIVE ARCHITECTURE; THERMAL COMFORTS;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; CLIMATE; DESIGN;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 10944271365     PISSN: 1478646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425910310001634433     Document Type: Article

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