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Life Cycle Cost Optimization of Various Building Envelope Configurations with Thermal Load of an Energy Efficient Building Situated in Composite Climate of India
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Energy efficiency in buildings has become a thrust area due to energy and environment-related issues. In this paper, an energy efficient building situated at Delhi, India has been analyzed for the life cycle cost, which includes the cost of material, air-conditioning machine, and operational cost for various configurations of fire clay bricks and ash blocks building envelope. It was found that use …
Published in Journal of Alternate Energy Sources & Technologies · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2011 · pp. 17–29 Read article