Lighting and cooling energy consumption in an open-plan office using solar film coating

Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1288-1297

  Li, Danny H W ^a   Lam, Tony N T ^a   Wong, S L ^a   Tsang, Ernest K W ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cooling requirement; Lighting energy; Solar film coating

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COATINGS; COOLING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; BUILDING ENVELOPES; COOLING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; COOLING REQUIREMENTS; DAYLIGHT ILLUMINANCE; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; ELECTRICITY EXPENDITURES; FILM COATINGS;

SOLAR CONTROL FILMS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COATING; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; FILM; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; OFFICE LOCATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 45449101871     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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