Energy, comfort and environmental assessment of different building envelope techniques in a Mediterranean climate with a hot dry summer

Applied Energy

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 176-196

  Stazi, Francesca ^a   Tomassoni, Elisa ^a   Bonfigli, Cecilia ^a   Di Perna, Costanzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comfort; Energy saving; Environmental sustainability; Masonry; Wood; Wood cement

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MASONRY MATERIALS;

ADAPTIVE COMFORT MODELS; COMFORT; CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MASONRY; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; WOOD CEMENTS;

WOOD;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SOFTWARE; SUMMER;

CEMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; METEOROLOGY; WOOD;

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 84906488647     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.023     Document Type: Article

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