Courtyard housing in midrise buildings: An environmental assessment in hot-arid climate

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1892-1898

  Al Masri, Nada ^a   Abu Hijleh, Bassam ^a  

^a THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Courtyard; Energy saving; Hot arid climate; Midrise building; UAE

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAYLIGHT SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOORS; GREEN COMPUTING; HOUSING;

COURTYARD; COURTYARD BUILDING; ENERGY SAVINGS POTENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HOT ARID CLIMATES; MIDRISE BUILDINGS; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84858195938     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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