An investigation into the thermal performance of office buildings in Ghana

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 555-563

  Koranteng, Christian ^a,b   Mahdavi, Ardeshir ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calibration; Energy performance; Indoor climate; Office buildings; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING TYPES; COOLING LOAD; DRY SEASONS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IN-BUILDINGS; INDOOR CLIMATE; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LONG TERM MONITORING; MIXED MODE; NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS; OBSERVED DATA; PAYBACK TIME; SIMULATION; SIMULATION-BASED; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL SIMULATIONS;

AIR QUALITY; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPRECIATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENTS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RETROFITTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 78651452598     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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