Indoor thermal environmental conditions near glazed facades with shading devices - Part II: Thermal comfort simulation and impact of glazing and shading properties

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2517-2525

  Tzempelikos, A ^a   Bessoudo, M ^b   Athienitis, A K ^b   Zmeureanu, R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy use; Facades; Glazing; Shading; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

BUILDING THERMAL MODELS; BUILDING ZONES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COLD CLIMATE; COMFORT CONDITIONS; ENERGY USE; GLASS FACADES; HEATING DEMAND; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; RADIANT TEMPERATURES; SHADING DEVICES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS;

FACADES; GLASS; HEATING; LIGHTING; SUN; THERMAL COMFORT;

GLAZES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ASYMMETRY; BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY USE; HEATING; INDOOR AIR; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SHADING; SOLAR RADIATION; TRADE-OFF; VENTILATION;

EID: 77954215386     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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