Assessement of the Portuguese building thermal code: Newly revised requirements for cooling energy needs used to prevent the overheating of buildings in the summer

In this paper, cooling energy needs are calculated by the steady-state methodology of the Portuguese building thermal code. After the first period of building code implementation, re-evaluation according to EN ISO 13790 is recommended in order to compare results with the dynamic simulation results....

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Main Author: Panão, Marta Oliveira (author)
Other Authors: Camelo, Susana (author), Goncalves, Helder (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/1340
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.lneg.pt:10400.9/1340