Effect of masonry material and surface absorptivity on critical thermal mass in insulated building walls

Applied Energy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 1063-1070

  Al Sanea, Sami A ^a   Zedan, M F ^a   Al Hussain, S N ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Energy savings potential; Insulated building walls; Surface absorptivity; Thermal mass

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BLOCKS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MASONRY MATERIALS; SUN; THERMAL INSULATION;

BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILDING WALLS; CLIMATIC DATA; COMPUTER MODELS; ENERGY SAVINGS POTENTIAL; ENERGY-SAVINGS; FIXED WALL; INSULATION LAYERS; PERIODIC CONDITIONS; SURFACE ABSORPTIVITY; THERMAL MASS; TRANSMISSION LOADS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ABSORBANCE; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INSULATION; MASONRY; MODEL VALIDATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOLAR RADIATION; WALL; ABSORPTION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER; CONCRETE;

RIYADH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84870730389     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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