Impact of climate warming on passive night cooling potential

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Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-128

  Artmann, N ^a   Gyalistras, D ^b   Manz, H ^a   Heiselberg, P ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate scenarios; Climatic cooling potential; Europe; Night time ventilation; Passive cooling

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COOLING; DATA REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC COOLING POTENTIAL; NIGHT TIME VENTILATION; PASSIVE COOLING;

GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 39049101638     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210701621919     Document Type: Article

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