Passive cooling of outdoor urban spaces. The role of materials

Solar Energy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-249

  Doulos, L ^a   Santamouris, M ^a   Livada, I ^a  

^a Physics Department   (Greece)

Author keywords

Outdoor comfort; Passive cooling; Pavement materials

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INFRARED RADIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

PASSIVE COOLING; PAVEMENT MATERIALS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

COOLING; HEAT ISLAND; PAVEMENT; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN CLIMATE;

EID: 3142656665     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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