Low energy architecture for a severe US climate: Design and evaluation of a hybrid ventilation strategy

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-44

  Lomas, Kevin J ^a   Cook, Malcolm J ^a   Fiala, Dusan ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Computational fluid dynamics; Dynamic thermal model; Hybrid ventilation; Low energy buildings

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; VENTILATION;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN AIRFLOW; DYNAMIC THERMAL MODEL; HYBRID VENTILATION; LOW ENERGY BUILDINGS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33751568138     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2006.03.032     Document Type: Article

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