Passive annual heat storage principles in earth sheltered housing, a supplementary energy saving system in residential housing

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1214-1219

  Anselm, Akubue Jideofor ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Building with earth; Earth homes; Earth shelter; Energy saving design; Passive annual heat storage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HOUSES; SOILS; SOLAR HEATING;

BUILDING WITH EARTH; EARTH HOMES; EARTH SHELTER; ENERGY SAVING DESIGN; PASSIVE ANNUAL HEAT STORAGE;

HEAT STORAGE;

EID: 41749104621     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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