Thermal performance and cost effectiveness of wall insulation under Thai climate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-90

  Chirarattananon, Surapong ^a,b   Hien, Vu Duc ^c   Tummu, Preecha ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b Ministry of Education   (Thailand)

^c ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Cooling load; Vernacular buildings; Wall insulation; Wall performance

Indexed keywords

AIR-CONDITIONED SPACES; COOLING LOAD; COST EFFECTIVE; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; FORCED VENTILATION; INTERIOR SPACE; LARGE BUILDINGS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; SIMULATION STUDIES; THAILAND; THERMAL MASS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WALL INSULATION; WALL PERFORMANCE;

AIR CONDITIONING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MIXED CONVECTION; PUBLIC WORKS; THERMAL INSULATION;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 84855240808     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.10.025     Document Type: Article

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