Influence of climate change on the energy efficiency of light-weight steel residential buildings

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-352

  Santos, P ^a   Gervasio H ^b   Simoes da Silva L ^b   Lopes, A Gameiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy efficiency; Light weight steel; Numerical simulation; Thermal behaviour

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSING; NUMERICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL FOR CLIMATE CHANGES; LIGHT-WEIGHT STEELS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OPERATIONAL ENERGY; PERFORMANCE BASED APPROACH; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84855714069     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286608.2011.637624     Document Type: Article

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