Delivery and performance of a low-energy ventilation and cooling strategy

Building Research and Information

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-30

  Short, C Alan ^a   Cook, Malcolm ^b   Lomas, Kevin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Short and Associates   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building performance; Commissioning; Feedback; Monitoring; Natural ventilation; Passive downdraught cooling; Procurement; Project delivery; Sustainable construction

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; COOLING; VENTILATION;

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; COMMISSIONING; NATURAL VENTILATION; PASSIVE DOWNDRAUGHT COOLING; PROCUREMENT; PROJECT DELIVERY; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 60649115237     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210802607841     Document Type: Article

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