On the establishment of climatic zones in Europe with regard to the energy performance of buildings

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-44

  Tsikaloudaki, Katerina ^a   Laskos, Kostas ^a   Bikas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cooling degree days; Energy performance; Heating degree days

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; HEATING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; CONVENTIONAL SCHEMES; COOLING (HEATING) DEGREE DAY; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS; HEATING AND COOLING; HEATING DEGREE-DAYS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84859373355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5010032     Document Type: Article

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