A systematic methodology for optimising the energy performance of buildings in Bahrain

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1297-1303

  Radhi, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Energy performance; Office buildings; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENERGY COST; ENERGY PERFORMANCE;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EID: 41749108200     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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