The potential for office buildings with mixed-mode ventilation and low energy cooling systems in arid climates

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 368-381

  Ezzeldin, Sherif ^a   Rees, Simon J ^b  

^a AASTMT ^*  (Egypt)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arid climates; Cooling strategies; Energy savings; Mixed mode ventilation; Office buildings; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ARID CLIMATES; COOLING STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LOW-ENERGY COOLING; MIXED-MODE VENTILATIONS; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EID: 84880266207     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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