Influence of raised floor on zone design cooling load in commercial buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1182-1191

  Schiavon, Stefano ^a   Lee, Kwang Ho ^a   Bauman, Fred ^a   Webster, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access floor; Cooling load; HVAC sizing; Raised floor; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ACCESS FLOOR; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COOLING LOAD; DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION; ENERGYPLUS; FLOOR COOLING; FLOOR SYSTEMS; HEAT GAINS; MASSIVE CONCRETE; PEAK COOLING LOAD; SAN FRANCISCO; STRUCTURE TYPE; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; WINDOW-TO-WALL RATIO; ZONE DESIGN;

AIR CONDITIONING; CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONCRETE SLABS; COOLING; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

FLOORS;

EID: 77955320244     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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