The comparison of consumption of heating and of cooling in a building with or without double-skin when the heating and cooling natural strategies are or are not used, according to the level of insulation and to the orientation of the double-skin, is the aim of that study.
Are energy consumptions decreased with the addition of a double-skin ?

Year:
2007
Bibliographic info:
Energy and Buildings, Vol. 39, N° 5, pp 605-619