Roof orientation, roofing materials and roof surface colour: their influence on indoor thermal comfort in warm humid climates

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-27

  Jayasinghe, M T R ^a   Attalage, R A ^a   Jayawardena, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLOR; COLORIMETRY; HEATING; HOUSES;

APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; CLIMATIC REGIONS; HUMID CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; ROOFING MATERIALS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WARM HUMID CLIMATE;

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EID: 64249139635     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60345-2     Document Type: Article

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