Mitigating temperature increases in high lot density sub-tropical residential developments

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1212-1224

  Luxmoore, D A ^a,b,d   Jayasinghe, M T R ^a,c   Mahendran, M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b University of Morautwa   (Sri Lanka)

^c Sustainable Development Strategies Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^d Sustainable Development Strategies Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global warming; Passive houses; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; PASSIVE HOUSES; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS; THERMAL COMFORT;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 25844529373     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.12.017     Document Type: Article

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