Integration of smart windows into building design for reduction of yearly overall energy consumption and peak loads

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3405-3416

  Dussault, Jean Michel ^a   Gosselin, Louis ^a   Galstian, Tigran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building energy efficiency; Daylighting; Heat transfer; Smart windows; Solar radiation; Switchable glazing

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING LAYERS; ABSORPTION RATES; BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; DOUBLE PANES; GLASS PANES; INTERIOR SURFACES; PEAK LOAD; QUEBEC CITY; SMART WINDOWS; SOLAR HEAT; SWITCHABLE GLAZING; THERMAL MASS;

DAYLIGHTING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLAZES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

ABSORPTION COOLING;

ABSORBANCE; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLASS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; OFFICE LOCATION; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR RADIATION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84867889117     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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