Assessment of monitored energy use and thermal comfort conditions in mosques in hot-humid climates

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 607-614

  Al Homoud, Mohammad S ^a   Abdou, Adel A ^a   Budaiwi, Ismail M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Energy use; Hot humid climate; Intermittent operation; Mosques; Saudi Arabia; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ENERGY USE; HOT-HUMID CLIMATE; INTERMITTENT OPERATION; MOSQUES; SAUDI ARABIA;

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SOLAR ENERGY;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 64249141428     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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