The relative importance of input weather data for indoor overheating risk assessment in dwellings

Building and Environment

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-91

  Taylor, J ^a   Davies, M ^a   Mavrogianni, A ^a   Chalabi, Z ^b   Biddulph, P ^a   Oikonomou, E ^a   Das, P ^a   Jones, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EnergyPlus; Kendalls Tau; Overheating; Weather files

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; DYNAMIC THERMAL SIMULATIONS; ENERGYPLUS; GEOMETRY CHARACTERISTICS; KENDALLS TAUS; OVERHEATING; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS;

HOUSING;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE EFFECT; HEAT ISLAND; INDOOR AIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84897417588     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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