A numerical analysis for energy savings of different oriented and insulated walls in the cold climate of Turkey - Simulation-based study

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 243-250

  Aksoy, Ufuk Teoman ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Climatic comfort; Energy cost; Energy saving; Insulation thickness; Payback period

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL ENERGY COSTS; CLIMATIC COMFORT; COLD CLIMATE; COLD REGIONS; ENERGY COST; ENERGY SOURCE; EXPLICIT FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HAZARDOUS EFFECTS; HIGH COSTS; IN-BUILDINGS; INSULATED WALLS; INSULATION THICKNESS; PAYBACK PERIODS; SIMULATION-BASED; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER;

COSTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INVESTMENTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

INSULATION;

EID: 84861810198     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.03.050     Document Type: Article

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