Determination of optimum thickness of double-glazed windows for the climatic regions of Turkey

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1773-1778

  Arici, Müslüm ^a   Karabay, Hasan ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air layer thickness; Climate zones; Double glazed window; Energy saving

Indexed keywords

AIR LAYER THICKNESS; BASE TEMPERATURE; CLIMATIC REGIONS; DOUBLE-GLAZED WINDOW; ENERGY SAVING; FUEL TYPES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMUM AIR LAYER THICKNESS; OPTIMUM THICKNESS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

FUELS;

EID: 77955588336     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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