Reducing the demands of heating and cooling in Iranian hospitals

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1162-1168

  Khodakarami, Jamal ^a   Knight, Ian ^b   Nasrollahi, Nazanin ^a  

^a ILAM UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heating and cooling demands; Hospital; HTB2; Iran; Lower carbon emission; Thermal simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; FABRICS; HOSPITALS; THERMAL COMFORT;

CASE STUDIES; HEATING DEMANDS; HTB2; INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURES; IRAN; LOWER CARBON EMISSION; PASSIVE BUILDINGS; SIMULATED MODELS; THERMAL SIMULATION;

HEATING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; HEATING; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDOOR AIR; VENTILATION;

EID: 56049103536     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.06.023     Document Type: Article

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