Improving building design and operation of a Thai Buddhist temple

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 481-494

  Sreshthaputra, A ^c   Haberl, J ^a   Andrews, M J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Airflow simulation; Building design; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Thai Buddhist temple; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIRFLOW SIMULATION; BUILDING DESIGN; THAI BUDDHIST TEMPLE; THAILAND; THERMAL COMFORT;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 2342533015     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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