Building for climate change: Planning and design considerations in time of climatic uncertainty

Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-75

  Meir, I A ^a   Pearlmutter, D ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Building materials; Climatic stress; Energy conservation; Indoor environment quality; Post occupancy evaluation; Sustainabe architecture

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; CLIMATIC STRESS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY; PLANNING AND DESIGN; POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES; SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY; SUSTAINABE ARCHITECTURE; WEATHER EVENTS; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77749310891     PISSN: 1478422X     EISSN: 17432782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/147842209X12476568584548     Document Type: Article

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