Effect of roof solar reflectance on the building heat gain in a hot climate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2224-2235

  Suehrcke, Harry ^a   Peterson, Eric L ^b   Selby, Neville ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cool roof; Hot climate; Roof heat gain; Roof solar absorptance; Solar reflectance; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; AIR; BUILDINGS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; FLOW SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; REFLECTION; ROOFS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AUSTRALIA; BUILDING SIMULATIONS; COOL ROOF; HEAT FLOWS; HEAT GAINS; HOT CLIMATE; LIGHT-COLOURED; R VALUES; ROOF HEAT GAIN; ROOF SOLAR ABSORPTANCE; ROOF SURFACES; SOLAR ABSORPTANCE; SOLAR REFLECTANCE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL RESISTANCE; TIME LAGS;

DOMES;

EID: 52149106658     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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