Energy use and thermal comfort in a rammed earth office building

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 793-800

  Taylor, P ^a   Fuller, R J ^b   Luther, M B ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy; Office building; Rammed earth; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; THERMAL COMFORT;

AUSTRALIA; CONTROL STRATEGY; RAMMED EARTH BUILDING;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EID: 38549104274     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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