Applying natural ventilation for thermal comfort in residential buildings in singapore

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 224-233

  Liping, Wang ^a   Hien, Wong Nyuk ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Climatic data; Design guidelines; Fascade design; Indoor air quality; Indoor environmental quality; Modeling; Natural ventilation; Residential buildings; Singapore; Thermal comfort; Wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548491828     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/asre.2007.5028     Document Type: Article

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