Influence of the building shape on the energy performance of timber-glass buildings in different climatic conditions

Energy

Volumn 108, Issue , 2016, Pages 201-211

  Premrov, Miroslav ^a   Žegarac Leskovar, Vesna ^a   Mihalič, Klara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b MEng   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Climate conditions; Energy demand; Glazing size; Shape factor; Timber glass buildings

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FLOORS; GLASS; GLAZES; HEATING; TIMBER;

CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ENERGY DEMANDS; GLAZING SIZES; HEATING AND COOLING; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; SHAPE FACTOR; VARIABLE PARAMETERS;

BUILDINGS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLASS; HEATING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH WORK; TIMBER;

BAVARIA; FINLAND; GERMANY; HELSINKI; LJUBLJANA; MUNICH; SLOVENIA; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84930016530     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.05.027     Document Type: Article

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