Field study on indoor thermal environment in an atrium in tropical climates

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 431-436

  Abdullah, Abd Halid ^a   Meng, Qinglin ^b   Zhao, Lihua ^b   Wang, Fan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrium; Evaporative cooling; Solar blinds; Solar radiations; Thermal stratification

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FLOORS; PESTICIDES; SUN;

ATRIUM; ATRIUM BUILDINGS; AVERAGE AIR TEMPERATURES; CONSECUTIVE DAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; EXTERNAL-; FIELD STUDIES; GLAZED SURFACES; INDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; SITE TESTS; SOLAR BLINDS; SOLAR PENETRATIONS; SOUTHERN CHINAS; SPRAY SYSTEMS; THREE LEVELS; TROPICAL CLIMATES; WATER SPRAYS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

AIR TEMPERATURE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR AIR; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATIFICATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 55749092102     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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