Optimum thermal design of air-conditioned residential buildings.

Author(s) : HOMOUD M. al-

Type of article: Article

Summary

The article presents optimum sets of building design variables for typical US and Saudi residences, with the aim of minimising their annual energy consumption. It finds that significant energy savings can be achieved by using optimisation in the thermal design of buildings.

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  • Original title: Optimum thermal design of air-conditioned residential buildings.
  • Record ID : 1998-2422
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Build. Environ. - vol. 32 - n. 3
  • Publication date: 1997/05

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