Low carbon Buildings: Sensitivity of Thermal Properties of Opaque Envelope Construction and Glazing

Energy Procedia

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 1284-1289

  Dowd, Ryan Matthew ^a   Mourshed, Monjur ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

building envelope; construction; energy demand; glazing; Low carbon buildings; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCRETE BLOCKS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLAZES; LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SOLAR BUILDINGS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING ENVELOPES; ENERGY DEMANDS; GLAZING; LOW-CARBON BUILDINGS; SENSITIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84947125415     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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