The feedback of heat rejection to air conditioning load during the nighttime in subtropical climate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1175-1182

  Hsieh, Chun Ming ^a   Aramaki, Toshiya ^a   Hanaki, Keisuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Building energy; CFD; GIS; Heat rejection; Nocturnal heat island; Taipei

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING ENERGY; HEAT REJECTION; NOCTURNAL HEAT ISLAND;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 34548287431     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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