The effect of geometry factors on fenestration energy performance and energy savings in office buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-13

  Susorova, Irina ^a   Tabibzadeh, Meysam ^a   Rahman, Anisur ^a   Clack, Herek L ^a   Elnimeiri, Mahjoub ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy performance; Energy savings; Energy simulations; Energy efficient fenestration; Geometry factors

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING GEOMETRY; COLD CLIMATE; DEPTH RATIO; ENERGY ANALYSIS PROGRAMS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY SIMULATION; GEOMETRY FACTORS; HOT CLIMATE; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; WINDOW THERMAL PROPERTIES; WINDOW-TO-WALL RATIO;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84871782472     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.10.035     Document Type: Article

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