Assessing the natural ventilation cooling potential of office buildings in different climate zones in China

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2697-2705

  Yao, Runming ^a   Li, Baizhan ^b   Steemers, Koen ^c   Short, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate zone; Natural ventilation cooling potential (NVCP); Office; Strategic design; Thermal Resistance Ventilation (TRV) model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE ZONE; NATURAL VENTILATION COOLING POTENTIAL (NVCP); OFFICE; STRATEGIC DESIGN; THERMAL RESISTANCE VENTILATION (TRV) MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; COOLING; MODEL BUILDINGS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SIMULATORS; VENTILATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING; CLIMATE EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VENTILATION;

EID: 68149156406     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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