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Effect of orientation on thermal performance of a building
Author(s) -
Sodha M. S.,
Kaur Jagjit,
Sawhney R. L.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.4440160806
Subject(s) - orientation (vector space) , index (typography) , thermal , aspect ratio (aeronautics) , materials science , environmental science , geometry , mathematics , composite material , geography , meteorology , computer science , world wide web
The effect of aspect ratio and orientation of a non‐airconditioned building on its thermal performance has been analysed in terms of discomfort index for hot‐dry and composite climates. It is shown that the discomfort index for east‐west orientation is smaller than that for north‐south orientation but the difference even for the largest aspect ratio considered is not more than 10%.