Exergy analysis of conventional and low exergy systems for heating and cooling of near zero energy buildings

Strojniski Vestnik/Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 453-461

  Dovjak, Mateja ^a   Shukuya, Masanori ^b   Krainer, Aleš ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Building energy use; Building heating and cooling; Conventional system; Human body exergy; Individual thermal comfort; Low exergy system

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING HEATING; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN BODIES; LOW EXERGY SYSTEM;

BUILDINGS; COOLING; EXERGY; FUZZY LOGIC; HEATING; THERMAL COMFORT;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84864046390     PISSN: 00392480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5545/sv-jme.2011.158     Document Type: Article

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