Design and performance of energy-efficient solar residential house in Andorra

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1343-1353

  Llovera, Jordi ^a   Potau, Xavi ^b   Medrano, Marc ^b   Cabeza, Luisa F ^b  

^a Enginesa   (Andorra)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Residential house; Solar energy; Space heating; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSES; HOUSING; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE HEATING; THERMAL COMFORT;

BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY-SAVING STRATEGIES; HEATING AND COOLING; PERFORMANCE DATA; RESIDENTIAL HOUSE; SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE; SITE INFORMATION;

HEATING;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COOLING; DATA SET; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 78650579670     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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