Design decision tool for zero energy buildings

PLEA 2011 - Architecture and Sustainable Development, Conference Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 77-82

  Attia, Shady ^a   De Herde, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decision tool; Early design phases; Hot climates; Prototype; Testing; Zero energy building

Indexed keywords

DECISION TOOL; DESIGN PHASIS; HOT CLIMATE; PROTOTYPE; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB);

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TESTING;

HOUSING;

EID: 84864135554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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