Low energy refurbishment strategies for health buildings

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-216

  Short, C Alan ^a,b   Cook, Malcolm ^c   Cropper, Paul C ^d   Al Maiyah, Sura ^a  

^a Short and Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital; Natural ventilation; Passive cooling; Refurbishment; Simulation; Solar gain

Indexed keywords

NATURAL VENTILATION; PASSIVE COOLING; REFURBISHMENT; SIMULATION; SOLAR GAIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAYLIGHTING; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; METEOROLOGY; VENTILATION; WASTE HEAT;

VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

EID: 77955609164     PISSN: 19401493     EISSN: 19401507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19401490903318218     Document Type: Article

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