Effective reflectivity and heat generation in sucrose and PMMA mixtures

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-103

  Gutierrez, Maria Paz ^a   Zohdi, Tarek I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat generation; PMMA mixture; Reflectivity; Sucrose; Thermal mass

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL PANELS; CONSTRUCTION APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; STRUCTURAL ADVANTAGE; STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING; THERMAL MASS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIODEGRADATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAT GENERATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MIXTURES; REFLECTION;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

EID: 84891798256     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.11.046     Document Type: Article

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