Modeling of indoor-outdoor air-exchange in a multi-unit residential building

Proceedings of the 3rd International Building Physics Conference - Research in Building Physics and Building Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 697-704

  Karava, P ^a   Athienitis, A ^a   Stathopoulos, T ^a   Reardon, J T ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MODEL BUILDINGS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TALL BUILDINGS;

AIR LEAKAGES; AIR MOVEMENTS; ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS; ENERGY USES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; OUTDOOR AIRS; PRESSURE REGIMES; RESEARCH PROJECTS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; TRANSIENT SIMULATIONS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 56249140128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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