The building envelope of Mediterranean houses: Optimization of mass and insulation

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-98

  Serghides, Despina K ^a   Georgakis, Chrissa G ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

building envelope; simulation tool; thermal effectiveness; Thermal insulation; thermal mass

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILDING SIMULATION; COOLING MODE; DESIGN VARIABLES; ENERGY EFFICIENT; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; OPTIMIZE DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; THERMAL EFFECTIVENESS; THERMAL MASS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL RESPONSE;

OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR BUILDINGS;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 84863217387     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259112448369     Document Type: Review

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