Energy use, indoor temperature and possible adaptation strategies for air-conditioned office buildings in face of global warming

Building and Environment

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-19

  Guan, Lisa ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Building performance; Building simulation; Global warming; Office buildings

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ANNUAL AVERAGE; AUSTRALIA; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; BUILDING SIMULATION; ENERGY USE; FUTURE CLIMATE; IMPACT STUDY; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; INTERNAL LOADS; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; WEATHER DATA;

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SPACE HEATING;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY USE; GLOBAL WARMING; INDOOR AIR; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84860465144     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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