Thermal properties optimization of envelope in energy-saving renovation of existing public buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 504-510

  Huang, Jianen ^a   Lv, Henglin ^a   Gao, Tao ^a   Feng, Wei ^a   Chen, Yanxia ^a   Zhou, Tai ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Building envelopes; Energy saving renovation; Existing public buildings; Optimization; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR BUILDINGS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING ENVELOPES; ENERGY-SAVING RENOVATION; EQUIVALENT HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; INSULATION MATERIALS; INSULATION THICKNESS; PROJECT OPTIMIZATION; PROPERTIES OPTIMIZATIONS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84896530062     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.02.040     Document Type: Article

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