Cost savings by application of passive solar heating

Structural Survey

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-130

  Spanos, Ioannis ^a   Simons, Martin ^b   Holmes, Kenneth L ^a  

^a Kenneth Holmes Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; Cost reduction; Energy consumption; Heating; Solar power

Indexed keywords

BUILDING REGULATIONS; COST REDUCTION; DOMESTIC BUILDINGS; PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING; PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING DESIGN;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 20344383243     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630800510593684     Document Type: Article

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