Air tightness of Australian offices buildings: Reality Versus typical assumptions used in energy performance simulation

Proceedings of Building Simulation 2011: 12th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 32-39

  Egan, Aileen Marie Annie ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR LEAKAGE; AIRTIGHT NESS; BUILDING SIMULATION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84870180599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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