Performance evaluation and life cycle cost analysis of earth to air heat exchanger integrated with adobe building for New Delhi composite climate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-66

  Chel, Arvind ^a   G N Tiwari, ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Adobe; Carbon credit; EAHE; Energy saving; LCC; SEER; Vault roof

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549126258     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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