The effects of changes in the climate on the energy demands of buildings

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1016-1029

  Vidrih, Boris ^a,b   Medved, Sašo ^b  

^a TERMO dd   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Buildings' thermal response; Corrected test reference year; Free heating and cooling; Global climate change; Low energy buildings; Office buildings; Passive buildings

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

CORRECTED TEST REFERENCE YEAR; FREE HEATING AND COOLING; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE; LOW-ENERGY BUILDINGS; PASSIVE BUILDINGS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 54949085417     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1410     Document Type: Article

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