Distribution profiles of key weather variables in australian capital cities: Implications for energy efficient building design

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 338-348

  Guan, Lisa ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climatic data; Energy efficient buildings; Weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149204328     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/asre.2008.5138     Document Type: Article

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