Enhancing the efficiency of formal low-cost houses by the development of a new low-cost ceiling system

Existing formal low-cost houses in South Africa have been shown to be very thermally and energy inefficient. This could be problematic for the country since the government has promised to build roughly 3 million more of these houses in the near future. Inefficiency in these houses can be effectively...

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Main Authors: E H Mathews, S Weggelaar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of Energy in Southern Africa
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Online Access:https://journals.assaf.org.za/jesa/article/view/3374