Energy performance analysis of a solar-cooled building in Tunisia: Passive strategies impact and improvement techniques

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 374-386

  Soussi, Meriem ^b   Balghouthi, Moncef ^a   Guizani, Amenallah ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF ENERGY   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Building; Cool roof; Energy performance; Glazing; Passive techniques; Solar cooling; Storage wall; TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

COOL ROOFS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; GLAZING; PASSIVE TECHNIQUE; SOLAR COOLING; STORAGE WALLS; TRNSYS;

BUILDINGS; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; ROOFS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 84884329851     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.08.033     Document Type: Article

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