Enhanced air flow modelling for AccuRate - A nationwide house energy rating tool in Australia

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1276-1286

  Ren, Zhengen ^a   Chen, Zhengdong ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air flow modelling; Energy performance; Residential building; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION ACCURACY; COOLING POTENTIAL; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY RATING; LARGE OPENINGS; MASS BALANCE; NATURAL VENTILATION; NEW MODEL; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SIMULATION ENGINE; VARIABLE DENSITY;

APARTMENT HOUSES; VENTILATION;

AIR;

AIRFLOW; COOLING; FLOW MODELING; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; MASS BALANCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; VENTILATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 74149093238     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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