A comparison of the accuracy of building energy analysis in Bahrain using data from different weather periods

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 869-875

  Radhi, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building energy analysis; Climate variability; Weather data

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

ACCURATE; BAHRAIN; BUILDING ENERGY ANALYSIS; BUILDING THERMAL SYSTEMS; CASE STUDIES; CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC INFORMATIONS; ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONS; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS; ENERGY PERFORMANCES; FUTURE PERFORMANCES; IN-BUILDING; SIMULATION RESULTS; THERMAL PERFORMANCES; UPDATED DATUM; WEATHER DATA; WEATHER DATUM;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY USE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; BAHRAIN; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 54349118630     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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