Correlating thermal transmittance limits of walls and roofs to orientation and solar absorption

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3173-3180

  Assem, E O ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Orientation; Solar absorption; Thermal transmittance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; AERATED AUTOCLAVED CONCRETES; BUILDING ENERGY CODE; BUILDING ENVELOPES; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENERGY CODE; HOT CLIMATE; SOLAR ABSORPTION; SURFACE ORIENTATION; THERMAL INERTIA; THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE; TOTAL EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; WALL ORIENTATION;

BUILDING CODES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; HEAT FLUX; ROOFS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 80053299227     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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