Integrated analysis of whole building heat, air and moisture transfer

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 3111-3120

  Tariku, Fitsum ^a   Kumaran, Kumar ^b   Fazio, Paul ^c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building envelope performance; Energy efficiency; Hygrothermal modeling; Indoor environment; Thermal comfort; Whole building HAM analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR AND MOISTURE TRANSFER; BUILDING ENVELOPE PERFORMANCE; BUILDING ENVELOPES; CONTINUOUS DYNAMICS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HVAC SYSTEM; HYGROTHERMAL; HYGROTHERMAL MODELING; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MOISTURE GENERATION; MOISTURE PERFORMANCE; TEST CASE;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; MACHINE DESIGN; MOISTURE CONTROL; SOLAR BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77953290815     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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