Simulation of ventilated facades in hot and humid climates

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-373

  Haase, M ^a   Marques da Silva, F ^b   Amato, A ^c  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^c Davis Langdon Management Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building simulation; Double skin fa ade; Hot and humid climate

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FACADES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SKIN; VENTILATION;

AIR TEMPERATURES; BUILDING SIMULATION; COOLING CAPACITIES; COOLING LOADS; DOUBLE-SKIN FACADES; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY SAVINGS; FACADE DESIGNS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; HONG-KONG; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; HUMID WEATHERS; MEASURED DATUM; MECHANICAL VENTILATIONS; NETWORK SIMULATIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATE CLIMATES; THERMAL BUILDING SIMULATIONS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 61549103464     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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