Design and low energy ventilation solutions for atria in the tropics

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-28

  Abdullah, Abd Halid ^a   Wang, Fan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrium; Thermal comfort; Top lit side lit roof; Ventilation; Walkway balcony

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855888911     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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