Performance of Building Energy Efficiency by Orientation with Regression: a Case of Semi Desert in Iran

Subject Areas : Urban Design

Zahra Barzegar ¹ , Shahin Heidari ² , Morteza Asade Khalaji ³

1 - Ph.D. Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University
2 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
3 - ssociate Professor, Department of Environment and Energy, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2014-07-25 Accepted : 2014-08-15 Published : 2016-06-22

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