Characteristics of indoor temperatures over winter for Belgrade urban dwellings: Indications of thermal comfort and space heating energy demand

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 506-514

  Kavgic, M ^a   Summerfield, A ^b   Mumovic, D ^a   Stevanovic, Z M ^c   Turanjanin, V ^c   Stevanovic, Z Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Energy use; Indoor relative humidity; Indoor temperatures; Residential sector; Water vapour pressure

Indexed keywords

ENERGY USE; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; WATER VAPOUR PRESSURE;

APARTMENT HOUSES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SPACE HEATING;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84857040897     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.12.027     Document Type: Article

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