Investigation on the thermal performance of different lightweight roofing structures and its effect on space cooling load

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 2491-2499

  Han, Jun ^a   Lu, Lin ^a   Yang, Hongxing ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building roof elements; Cooling load; Envelope colour; Heat gain; Sol Air temperature; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ROOF ELEMENTS; COOLING LOAD; ENVELOPE COLOUR; HEAT GAIN; SOL-AIR TEMPERATURE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ALUMINA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; COOLING; MIXED CONVECTION; POLYMERS; ROOFS; SOLS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 64749092264     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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