Building bioclimatic charts for non-domestic buildings and passive downdraught evaporative cooling

Building and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 661-676

  Lomas, K J ^a   Fiala, D ^a   Cook, M J ^a   Cropper, P C ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building bioclimatic charts; Evaporative cooling; Night ventilation; Non domestic buildings

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; EVAPORATION; VENTILATION;

BUILDING BIOCLIMATIC CHARTS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS;

BUILDINGS;

COOLING SYSTEM; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATING SYSTEM;

EID: 1642314052     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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