Assessment of building façade performance in terms of daylighting and the associated energy consumption in architectural spaces: Vertical and horizontal shading devices for southern exposure facades

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1592-1599

  Alzoubi, Hussain H ^a   Al Zoubi, Amneh H ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Daylight; Energy consumption; Heat gain; Illuminance; Shading device

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL SPACE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SAVING; HEAT GAIN; HEAT GAINS; IN-BUILDINGS; LIGHT FLUXES; OPTIMAL ORIENTATION; SAVING ENERGY; SHADING DEVICES; SHADING ELEMENTS; SOLAR HEAT GAINS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAYLIGHTING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

DAYLIGHT SIMULATION;

EID: 77951204197     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.08.039     Document Type: Article

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