Solar passive features in vernacular architecture of North-East India

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2011-2022

  Singh, Manoj Kumar ^a   Mahapatra, Sadhan ^b   Atreya, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioclimate; North East India; Solar passive features; Vernacular architecture

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATE; BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; BUILDINGS SECTOR; CLIMATIC ZONE; FIELD STUDIES; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; LIVING STANDARDS; MICRO-CLIMATE; NATURAL VENTILATION; NORTH-EAST INDIA; SOLAR PASSIVE; SOLAR PASSIVE TECHNIQUES; SPACE ARRANGEMENT; VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE;

ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BUILDING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FIELD METHOD; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR SYSTEM; VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE;

INDIA;

EID: 80051585910     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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