Sustainable façade design for zero energy buildings in the tropics

PLEA 2006 - 23rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Haase, Matthias ^a   Amato, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Facade design; Hot and humid climate; Renewable energy; Simulation; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING HEIGHT; CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; COOLING LOAD; DESIGN STAGE; DEVELOPING REGIONS; FACADE DESIGN; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; HUMID CLIMATES; IN-BUILDINGS; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SIMULATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING; WEATHER CONDITIONS; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB);

AIR CONDITIONING; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

TROPICS;

EID: 84865706555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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