Energy saving with passive climate control methods in Spanish office buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 823-828

  Orosa, José A ^a   Oliveira, Armando C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Office buildings; Passive climate control

Indexed keywords

COMFORT CONDITIONS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SAVING; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; INDOOR CLIMATE CONTROL; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; PASSIVE CLIMATE CONTROL; PASSIVE METHODS; PORTUGAL;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

EID: 67349160477     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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