Peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-148

  Akbari, Hashem ^a   Kurn, Dan M ^a   Bretz, Sarah E ^a   Hanford, James W ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Cooling energy savings; Peak power savings; Shade trees

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSES; WIND;

COOLING ENERGY SAVINGS; PEAK POWER SAVINGS; SHADE TREES;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 0031098946     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-7788(96)01003-1     Document Type: Article

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