The effect of reflective coatings on building surface temperatures, indoor environment and energy consumption - An experimental study

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 573-580

  Shen, Hui ^a   Tan, Hongwei ^b   Tzempelikos, Athanasios ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electricity consumption; Envelope materials; Indoor environment; Reflective coatings

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING SURFACE; COLD WINTER; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVELOPE MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEATING DEMAND; INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INTERIOR SURFACES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

REFLECTIVE COATINGS;

EID: 78651448078     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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