Is solar air conditioning feasible?

Building Research and Information

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 149-164

  Halliday, Sandy ^a   Beggs, Clive ^b   Muneer, Tariq ^c  

^a GAIA Research   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Alternative technology; Desiccant; Energy efficiency; Passive design; Solar

Indexed keywords

EID: 5344243775     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096132199369499     Document Type: Article

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