The potential of shading devices for temperature reduction in high-rise residential buildings in the tropics

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 273-282

  Al Tamimi, Nedhal A ^a   Fadzil, Sharifah Fairuz Syed ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

IES VE ; Indoor environment; Malaysia; Shading devices; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COOLING; HOUSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TALL BUILDINGS;

COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; EXTERNAL SHADING DEVICES; HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; MALAYSIA; SHADING DEVICES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84255171579     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.2015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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