Building zonal thermal and airflow modelling - A review

International Journal of Ventilation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-188

  Megri, Ahmed Chérif ^a   Snyder, Mark ^a   Musy, Marjorie ^b  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Ecole d'Architecture de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

Airflow; Contaminants; Heating and ventilating systems; Room air distribution; Temperature; Zonal models for single room analysis

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COMFORT EVALUATION; CONTAMINANTS; COST ANALYSIS; DESIGN AND CONTROL; DRIVING SOURCE; ENERGY FLOW; ENERGY-EFFICIENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HEAT GAINS; NATIONAL POLICIES; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; POLICY MAKING; ROOM AIR DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL MODEL; THERMAL MODELLING; ZONAL MODEL;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONTROL; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEATING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33750355622     PISSN: 14733315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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