A metric for characterizing the effectiveness of thermal mass in building materials

Applied Energy

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 156-163

  Talyor, Robert A ^a   Miner, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer products; Energy efficiency; Metric; Non dimensional; Thermal mass

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

BUILDING ENERGY USE; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; ELECTRICITY PRICES; METRIC; NON-DIMENSIONAL; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL MASS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

BUILDING; CONTROL SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84899912670     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.04.061     Document Type: Article

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