Investigating the potential of overheating in UK dwellings as a consequence of extant climate change

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3277-3288

  Peacock, A D ^a   Jenkins, D P ^a   Kane, D ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Domestic; Overheating; Simulation; Thermal mass

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COMFORT TEMPERATURES; DOMESTIC; DOMESTIC BUILDINGS; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; INTERNAL HEAT; INTERNAL TEMPERATURE; LIGHT-WEIGHT CONSTRUCTIONS; SOLID WALL; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL MASS; WARMING CLIMATE;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953686506     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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