Strategies for the modification of the urban climate and the consequent impact on building energy use

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4548-4551

  Davies, Mike ^a   Steadman, Philip ^a   Oreszczyn, Tadj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; Energy; Urban climate

Indexed keywords

HEATING;

BUILDING ENERGIES; COOLING LOADS; ENERGY; ENERGY USES; HEAT WAVES; HEATING LOADS; LOCAL CLIMATES; NET EFFECTS; NEW STUDIES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN HEAT ISLANDS; URBAN MODIFICATIONS;

BUILDINGS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY USE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; URBAN CLIMATE; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55249116968     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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