Simplified thermal and hygric building models: A literature review

Frontiers of Architectural Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 318-325

  Kramer, Rick ^a   van Schijndel, Jos ^a   Schellen, Henk ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Building performance simulation; Climate change; Inverse modelling; Literature review; Simplified building models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880447295     PISSN: 20952635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2012.09.001     Document Type: Review

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