Thermal mass design in buildings - Heavy or light?

International Journal of Ventilation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-149

  Li, Yuguo ^a   Xu, Pengcheng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Design method; Heat storage; Natural ventilation; Night ventilation; Passive cooling; Thermal mass; Thermal time constant

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COOLING; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERIORS (BUILDING); PARTITIONS (BUILDING); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

DESIGN METHOD; NATURAL VENTILATION; PASSIVE COOLING; THERMAL MASS; THERMAL TIME CONSTANT;

VENTILATION;

EID: 33748785964     PISSN: 14733315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733315.2006.11683731     Document Type: Article

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