Difficulties and limitations in performance simulation of a double skin façade with EnergyPlus

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3635-3645

  Kim, Deuk Woo ^a   Park, Cheol Soo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Double skin fa ade (DSF); EnergyPlus; Measurement; Simulation; Validation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SYSTEMS; DOUBLE SKIN; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGYPLUS; PERFORMANCE SIMULATION; SIMULATION; SIMULATION PREDICTION; SIMULATION TOOL; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; TRANSIENT HEAT; VALIDATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; TOOLS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 80755144036     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.09.038     Document Type: Article

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