Influence of roof forms on the indoor thermal environment of rural houses in west China

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10.2991/ifeesm-17.2018.72How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Roof form, Indoor thermal environment, Rural houses, China.

Abstract

SF roof (a sloping roof combined with a flat roof) is a special kind of roof existed in the west China. Based on Energy Plus software simulation, this paper investigated such roofs as well as normal flat roofs and sloping roofs of rural houses in the Ningqiang county of west China. It was found that, comparing to the normal flat roofs or sloping roofs, SF roofs in the researched region are more effective in maintaining a stable indoor thermal environment. Building models for the simulation of the research is introduced, results of the simulation are discussed and conclusions are provided.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qiubo Xiao
AU  - Yu Liu
AU  - Chen Wang
AU  - Jinghui Ma
PY  - 2018/02
DA  - 2018/02
TI  - Influence of roof forms on the indoor thermal environment of rural houses in west China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 3rd International Forum on Energy, Environment Science and Materials (IFEESM 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 386
EP  - 389
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ifeesm-17.2018.72
DO  - 10.2991/ifeesm-17.2018.72
ID  - Xiao2018/02
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