Solar control: A general method for modelling of solar gains through complex facades in building simulation programs

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-27

  Kuhn, Tilmann E ^a   Herkel, Sebastian ^a   Frontini, Francesco ^a,b   Strachan, Paul ^c   Kokogiannakis, Georgios ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building simulation; Complex facade; Cooling load; Daylighting system; Solar control; Solar gain; Sun shading system; Thermal comfort; Venetian blind

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SIMULATION; COMPLEX FACADE; COOLING LOAD; DAYLIGHTING SYSTEM; SOLAR CONTROL; SOLAR GAIN; VENETIAN BLIND;

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAYLIGHTING; RHENIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL COMFORT;

FACADES;

EID: 78049485832     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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