A guideline for assessing the suitability of earth-sheltered mass-housing in hot-arid climates

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-260

  Al Temeemi, A A ^a   Harris, D J ^b  

^a School for Technological Studies   (Kuwait)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth sheltered; Hot arid climates; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; CLIMATOLOGY; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COOLING; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

HOT-ARID CLIMATES; KUWAIT;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1542636989     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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