The impact of trees and white surfaces on residential heating and cooling energy use in four Canadian cities

Energy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 141-149

  Akbari, Hashem ^a   Taha, Haider ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSES - COOLING; METEOROLOGY - CLIMATOLOGY;

COOLING ENERGY; RESIDENTIAL HEATING; URBAN MICROCLIMATE;

HOUSES;

EID: 0026818690     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(92)90063-6     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Undoing Uncomfortable Summer Heat Islands Can Save Gigawatts of Peak Power
2. An Urban Microclimate Model for Site-Specific Building Energy Simulation: Boundary Layers, Urban Canyon and Building Conditions
3. The State of the Envelope
4. House Size Normalization
5. The Potential of Vegetation in Reducing Summer Cooling Loads in Residential Buildings
6. Effects of Trees on Wind and Solar Radiation in Residential Neighborhoods