Strategies for reducing heating and cooling loads of uninsulated rammed earth wall houses

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 323-331

  Dong, Xiang ^a   Soebarto, Veronica ^a   Griffith, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy load; Passive solar strategy; Rammed earth; Simulation; Star rating; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING CODES; DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTH (PLANET); HEATING; HOUSES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

PASSIVE SOLAR STRATEGIES; RAMMED EARTH; SIMULATION; STAR RATINGS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84899015875     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.03.031     Document Type: Article

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