Impact of external shading devices on thermal and daylighting performance of offices in hot climate regions

Solar Energy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-30

  Freewan, Ahmed A Y ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Illuminance level; Shading devices; Thermal comfort; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL SHADING DEVICES; ILLUMINANCE LEVEL; REAL-TIME EXPERIMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SHADING DEVICES; TEMPORARY MATERIALS; UNIFORMITY; VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DAYLIGHT SIMULATION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); GLARE; LIGHTING; THERMAL COMFORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATIC REGION; EQUIPMENT; INDOOR AIR; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; REAL TIME; SHADING; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER;

JORDAN;

EID: 84893177419     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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