The effect of different transitional spaces on thermal comfort and energy consumption of residential buildings

Proceedings of 7th Windsor Conference: The Changing Context of Comfort in an Unpredictable World

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mohammad, Taleghani ^a   Tenpierik, Martin ^a   Van Den Dobbelsteen, Andy ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Residential building; Thermal comfort; Transitional spaces

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; HEATING AND COOLING; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY; TRANSITIONAL SPACES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; HOUSING; SOLAR BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84893065775     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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