The effect of building envelope insulation on cooling energy consumption in summer

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 197-205

  Fang, Zhaosong ^a,b   Li, Nan ^a,b   Li, Baizhan ^a,b   Luo, Guozhi ^c   Huang, Yanqi ^a,b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Center for International Research Low carbon and Green Buildings   (China)

^c CHENGDU AIRCRAFT DESIGN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Building energy efficiency; Building envelope insulation; Energy consumption; External insulation; Indoor thermal environment

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOLAR BUILDINGS; THERMAL INSULATION; URBAN GROWTH; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

AIR CONDITIONING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; BUILDING ENVELOPES; COOLING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXTERNAL INSULATIONS; INDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; THERMAL INSULATION SYSTEMS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84898640862     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.03.030     Document Type: Article

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