The effects of roof reflectance on air temperatures surrounding a rooftop condensing unit

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-28

  Wray, Craig ^a   Akbari, Hashem ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cool roofs; Energy efficiency; Rooftop unit performance; Solar reflectance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CAPACITORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; REFLECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND EFFECTS;

COOL ROOFS; ROOFTOP UNIT PERFORMANCE; SOLAR REFLECTANCE;

ROOFS;

EID: 35448977355     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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