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Thermal Performance of Tropical Atrium

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 12 (2013): Issue 1 (December 2013)
By: Mohammad Baharvand,  Mohd Hamdan Bin Ahmad,  Tabassom Safikhan and  Sayyed Mohammad Mahdi Mirmomtaz  
Open Access
|Feb 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2013-0014 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 34 - 40
Published on: Feb 14, 2014
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
atrium,
simulation,
DesignBuilder,
side/top-lit
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

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