Designing a sustainable house in the desert of Abu Dhabi

Renewable Energy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-84

  Al Sallal, Khaled A ^a   Al Rais, Laila ^a   Dalmouk, Maitha Bin ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Desert; House; Low carbon; Sustainable; UAE

Indexed keywords

ABU DHABI; APPLICATION MODELS; ASSESSMENT METHODS; BUILDING PROFESSIONALS; DESERT; DESIGN GUIDANCE; INTEGRATED PROCESS; LOW-CARBON; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SUSTAINABLE; UAE; UTILITY BILLS;

BUILDING CODES; DESIGN; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

HOUSES;

DESERT; DESIGN; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84866538333     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.01.061     Document Type: Article

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