Appraisal of thermal performance of a glazed office with a solar control coating: Cases in Mexico and Canada

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1223-1233

  Gijon Rivera M ^a   Alvarez G ^a   Beausoleil Morrison, I ^b   Xaman J ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO   (Mexico)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer coefficient; ESP r System; Glazing buildings; Solar control coating; TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; ESP-R SYSTEM; GLAZING BUILDINGS; SOLAR CONTROL COATINGS; TRNSYS;

BUILDINGS; COPPER; DYNAMIC LOADS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLASS; GLAZES; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; METEOROLOGY; MIXED CONVECTION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; COATING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT PRODUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CANADA; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA;

EID: 78651448388     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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