Reducing peak requirements for cooling by using thermally activated building systems

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-304

  Rijksen, D O ^a   Wisse, C J ^a   van Schijndel, A W M ^b  

^a DWA   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concrete core cooling (CCC); On site measurements; Passive building thermal storage; Peak load reduction; Thermally activated building systems (TABS); TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SYSTEMS; CONCRETE CORE; ON-SITE MEASUREMENT; PASSIVE BUILDINGS; PEAK LOAD; THERMAL STORAGE; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT STORAGE; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 73049118749     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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