The development of a solar house design tool

IBPSA 2009 - International Building Performance Simulation Association 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1397-1404

  O'Brien, William ^a   Athienitis, Andreas ^a   Kesik, Ted ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGNERS; COMPUTATIONAL FEASIBILITY; DESIGN DECISIONS; DESIGN TOOL; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN; NEAR-OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK; SOLAR HOUSE;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; HOUSES; SOLAR HEATING;

SOLAR BUILDINGS;

EID: 84861825605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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