The energy saving index and the performance evaluation of thermochromic windows in passive buildings

Renewable Energy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 215-221

  Ye, Hong ^a   Long, Linshuang ^a   Zhang, Haitao ^a   Gao, Yanfeng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy saving equivalent; Energy saving index; Passive building; Passive performance evaluation; Thermochromic window; Vanadium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SAVING INDICES; PASSIVE BUILDINGS; PASSIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; THERMOCHROMIC WINDOWS; VANADIUM DIOXIDE;

BUILDING COMPONENTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; VANADIUM;

MATERIALS;

BUILDING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COLOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INDEX METHOD; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VANADIUM;

CHINA;

EID: 84891801486     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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