Thermal comfort and energy consumption in a UK educational building

Building and Environment

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Barbhuiya, Saadia ^a   Barbhuiya, Salim ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic thermal modelling; Energy consumption; Simulation; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENGINEERING; DYNAMIC THERMAL MODELLING; EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY; SIMULATION; VENTILATION STRATEGY;

FLOORS; LIGHTING; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SPACE HEATING; THERMAL COMFORT;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

AIR QUALITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY USE; INDOOR AIR; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; VENTILATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880380238     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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