Towards green buildings: Glass as a building element - The use and misuse in the gulf region

Renewable Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 631-653

  Aboulnaga, Mohsen M ^a  

^a Dubai University College   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Daylighting; Energy consumption; Glass; Glazing; Green building; Gulf region; Hot climate

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DAYLIGHTING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLASS; GLAZES;

GLAZING; GREEN BUILDING; GULF REGION; HOT CLIMATE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BUILDING; LIGHT;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 29244434050     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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