Thermal comfort assessment and potential for energy efficiency enhancement in modern tropical buildings: a review

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Thermal comfort assessment and potential for energy efficiency enhancement in modern tropical buildings: a review

The rapid growth in population and economy activities in the tropical countries has led to an increase in energy consumption which hastens the depletion of available energy resources. The building sector is one of the major end users of energy. On the other hand, the air conditioning system is viewe...

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Main Authors:	Kwong, Qi Jie, Adam, Nor Mariah, Sahari, Barkawi
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier 2014
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35837/

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