Heat stress within energy efficient dwellings in Australia

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 227-236

  Ren, Zhengen ^a   Wang, Xiaoming ^a   Chen, Dong ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

heat stress; heatwave; housing energy efficiency; mitigation; modelling

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; HOUSING; MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; BUILDING SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENT DWELLINGS; HEAT STRESS; HEATING AND COOLING; HEATWAVE; MITIGATION; REDUCTION IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

THERMAL STRESS;

EID: 84905587130     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2014.903568     Document Type: Article

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