Impact of insulation on building energy consumption

IBPSA 2009 - International Building Performance Simulation Association 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 674-680

  Kim, Jong Jin ^a   Moon, Jin Woo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENVELOPES; CLIMATIC ZONE; DETROIT; FLORIDA; HEAT GAINS; MICHIGAN; PARAMETRIC SIMULATIONS; R VALUE;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; INSULATION; ROOFS; SOLAR BUILDINGS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 81255175364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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