An ETTV-based approach to improving the energy performance of commercial buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 491-499

  Chua, K J ^a   Chou, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cooling energy requirement; Energy performance; Envelope Thermal Transfer Value

Indexed keywords

BUILDING COOLING; BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING LOAD; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COOLING ENERGY; COOLING EQUIPMENT; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS; FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS; OVER-SIZING; RELATIVE RANKINGS; SINGAPORE; SOLAR ABSORPTANCE; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; THERMAL TRANSFER; VENTILATION RATE;

COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 77649179292     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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