TY - BOOK AU - Mohamad Jihad Jamal Eldeen Almshkawi AU - Adel Khalil , AU - Christoph Mitterer , AU - Michael Krause , TI - Modeling and assessing an efficient building with absorption chillier for two different climates in MENA region / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamad Jihad Jamal Eldeen Almshkawi , KW - Absorption chillers KW - Energy efficiency KW - Solar energy N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Mechanical Power Engineering; Issued also as CD N2 - This dissertation focused on analyzing an efficient building is already existed in damascus, Syria. Firstly, the investigation focused on reducing the energy consumption by optimizing the building's orientation, then by applying an external shading device. This work is done by using WUFIplus simulation tool. Secondly, a validation has been done by modeling the same building with TRNSYS 17 ER -