A study of the impact of environmental loads that penetrate a passive skylight roofing system in Malaysian buildings

Frontiers of Architectural Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 178-191

  Al Obaidi, Karam M ^a   Ismail, Mazran ^a   Abdul Rahman, Abdul Malek ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heat; Light; Malaysian built environment; Skylight system; Solar radiation; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907539127     PISSN: 20952635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2014.03.004     Document Type: Review

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