Case study: Energy savings from solar window film in two commercial buildings in Shanghai

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-140

  Yin, Rongxin ^a   Xu, Peng ^b   Shen, Pengyuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Building cooling load; Commercial buildings; Electrical consumption; Glazing system; Window film

Indexed keywords

BUILDING COOLING LOAD; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION; GLAZING SYSTEMS; WINDOW FILM;

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLAZES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84855240233     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.10.062     Document Type: Article

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