Innovative solar windows for cooling-demand climate

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-220

  Chow, Tin tai ^a   Li, Chunying ^a   Lin, Zhang ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Advanced fenestration system; Building thermal performance; Glazing optical properties; Water flow window

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED FENESTRATION SYSTEM; BUILDING THERMAL PERFORMANCE; DESIGN OPTION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; FENESTRATION SYSTEMS; GLAZING OPTICAL PROPERTIES; HOT-WATER SUPPLY; NEW DESIGN; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; RAPID EVOLUTION; VISUAL COMFORT;

FLOW OF WATER; GLAZES; MIXED CONVECTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

WINDOWS;

EID: 72449162032     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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