Dynamic earth-contact building: A sustainable low-energy technology

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2450-2460

  Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Sachdeva, Shweta ^b   Kaushik, S C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Earth contact structures; Energy conservation; Fourier series; Low energy structure; Passive cooling and heating; Subsurface temperature

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOURIER SERIES; HEAT TRANSFER;

EARTH-CONTACT STRUCTURES; PASSIVE COOLING; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOURIER SERIES; HEAT TRANSFER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; HEAT TRANSFER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847076738     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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