A critical look at the air infiltration term in the canadian energy rating procedure for windows

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 997-1006

  Bernier, Michel ^a   Hallé, Stéphane ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frame; Heat transfer; Infiltration; Rating procedure; Windows

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER CONTROL; RATING; SOLAR ENERGY; WINDOWS;

FRAMES; RATING PROCEDURES; SOLAR HEAT GAIN COEFFICIENT; SPECIFIC ENERGY RATING (ERS);

AIR;

EID: 23844457001     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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