Building envelope regulations on thermal comfort in glass facade buildings and energy-saving potential for PMV-based comfort control

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 824-834

  Hwang, Ruey Lung ^a   Shu, Shiu Ya ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Building envelope regulation; Cooling energy consumption; Indoor thermal comfort; PMV based comfort control

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; COMPARATIVE SIMULATION; COOLING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; GLASS FACADES; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; KEY PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PMV-BASED COMFORT CONTROL; THERMAL COMFORT LEVEL; THERMOSTATIC CONTROL;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FACADES; GLASS; GLAZES; SOLAR BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

BUILDING; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; HEATING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TEMPERATURE;

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 78649942006     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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