Double versus single skin facades in hot arid areas

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-248

  Hamza, Neveen ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooling load reduction; Double skin facades; Glazing properties; Hot arid areas

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CHIMNEYS; CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FACADES; THERMAL LOAD; THERMODYNAMICS;

COOLING LOAD REDUCTION; DOUBLE SKIN FACADES; GLAZING PROPERTIES; HOT ARID AREAS; SCIENTIFIC SCRUTINY;

HEAT PROBLEMS;

EID: 37349104661     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.02.025     Document Type: Article

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