Simulation of energy consumption for Kuwaiti domestic buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1101-1109

  Al ajmi, Farraj F ^a   Hanby, V I ^b  

^a The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy conservation code; Energy efficient building; Sensitivity analysis; TRNSYS simulation program

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE; ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS; SIMULATION PROGRAM;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 38949103024     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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