Implication of global warming on air-conditioned office buildings in Australia

Building Research and Information

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-54

  Guan, Lisa ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Australia; Building simulation; Climate change; Cooling loads; Energy use; Global warming; Overheating hours

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; GLOBAL WARMING; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

AUSTRALIA; BUILDING SIMULATION; COOLING LOADS; ENERGY USE; OVERHEATING HOURS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 60649091688     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210802611025     Document Type: Article

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