Energy efficient building design using sensitivity analysis-A case study

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-31

  Tavares, Paulo Filipe de Almeida Ferreira ^a   Martins, António Manuel de Oliveira Gomes ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Building design; Building simulation; Energy efficient building; Public building

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WINDOWS;

BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33751571796     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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