Building energy efficiency and thermal comfort in tropical climates. Presentation of a numerical approach for predicting the percentage of well-ventilated living spaces in buildings using natural ventilation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1093-1103

  Bastide, Alain ^a   Lauret, Philippe ^a   Garde, François ^a   Boyer, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic design; CFD; Large openings; Natural ventilation; Tropical climates

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN; LARGE OPENINGS; NATURAL VENTILATION; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

VENTILATION;

EID: 33745063429     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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