Simulation of the behaviour of phase change materials for the improvement of thermal comfort in lightweight buildings

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1299-1306

  Evola, Gianpiero ^a   Papa, Novella ^b   Sicurella, Fabio ^a   Wurtz, Etienne ^c  

^a LEPMI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c LEB CEA INES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL PARTITIONS; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); TEST ROOM;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84870234308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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