Impact of passive cooling techniques on energy demand for residential buildings in a Mediterranean climate

Renewable Energy

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 589-597

  Imessad, K ^a   Derradji, L ^b   Messaoudene, N Ait ^c   Mokhtari, F ^a   Chenak, A ^a   Kharchi, R ^a  

^a CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

^b National Center of Studies and Integrated Research on Building Engineering (CNERIB)   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dynamic simulation; Energy saving; Experimental study; Night ventilation; Overhang; Thermal inertia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMOANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

BUILDING THERMAL MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; NIGHT VENTILATION; OVERHANG; PASSIVE COOLING TECHNIQUES; THERMAL INERTIA;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SHADING; SOFTWARE; VENTILATION;

ALGER [ALGERIA]; ALGERIA; ALGIERS;

EID: 84903524334     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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