Evaluating the impact of canyon geometry and orientation on cooling loads in a high-mass building in a hot dry environment

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2068-2078

  Kruger E ^a   Pearlmutter, D ^b   Rasia, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Canyon geometry; Energy simulations; Urban canyons

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GEOMETRY;

BUILDING COOLING LOAD; ENERGY SIMULATION; HOT-DRY ENVIRONMENT; PREVAILING WINDS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; THERMAL AND ENERGY SIMULATIONS; THERMAL SIMULATIONS; URBAN CANYONS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

ARID REGION; CALIBRATION; CANYON; GEOMETRY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 77950860426     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.11.034     Document Type: Article

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