Energy and emergy based cost-benefit evaluation of building envelopes relative to geographical location and climate

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 920-928

  Pulselli, Riccardo Maria ^a   Simoncini, Eugenio ^a   Marchettini, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air cavity wall; Emergy evaluation; Energy analysis; Plus insulated wall; Thermal analysis; Ventilated wall

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HEAT LOSSES; LOCATION; SOLAR BUILDINGS; THERMOANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

AIR-CAVITY WALL; EMERGY EVALUATION; ENERGY ANALYSIS; PLUS-INSULATED WALL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VENTILATED WALL;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; INDOOR AIR; VENTILATION;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; BERLIN; CATALONIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ITALY; NORTHERN EUROPE; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 58749116646     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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