A validated design simulation tool for passive solar space heating: Results from a monitored house in West Lothian, Scotland

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 353-372

  Girard, A ^a   Muneer, T ^b   Caceres, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building design; Combination selection; Efficiency; Renewable energy; Simulation; Solar air heater

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENERGY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GEOMETRY; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD; MONITORING; PASSIVE SOLAR SPACE HEATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84901703703     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X13480057     Document Type: Article

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