Cool roofs and thermal insulation: Energy savings and peak demand reduction

Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bianchi, Marcus V A ^a   Desjarlais, André O ^b   Miller, William A ^b   Petrie, Thomas W ^b  

^a Johns Manville   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84969358521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21668469     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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