An approach for developing sensitive design parameter guidelines to reduce the energy requirements of low-rise apartment buildings

Applied Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 337-347

  Yildiz, Yusuf ^a   Korkmaz, Koray ^a   Göksal özbalta, Türkan ^b   Durmus Arsan, Zeynep ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cooling loads; Guideline; Hot humid climate; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

APARTMENT BUILDINGS; COOLING ENERGY; COOLING LOADS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; GUIDELINE; HIGH ENERGY; HOT HUMID CLIMATE; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NATURAL VENTILATION; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; ROBUST DESIGNS; WINDOW AREA;

APARTMENT HOUSES;

BUILDING; COOLING; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; HEATING; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 84857996875     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.12.048     Document Type: Article

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