Passive cooling of the built environment - Use of innovative reflective materials to fight heat islands and decrease cooling needs

International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-82

  Santamouris, M ^a   Synnefa, A ^a   Kolokotsa, D ^b   Dimitriou, V ^b   Apostolakis, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Colors Chemical Industry ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Ageing; Passive cooling; Reflective coatings; Reflective materials

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; COOLING; REFLECTION;

AGEING; AGEING EFFECTS; BUILT ENVIRONMENTS; COOL MATERIALS; EMITTANCE; HEAT ISLANDS; HIGH THERMALS; INFRARED EMITTANCE; LOW COSTS; OUTDOOR EXPOSURES; PASSIVE COOLING; REFLECTIVE MATERIALS; SOLAR REFLECTANCES; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; VISIBLE RANGES;

REFLECTIVE COATINGS;

EID: 57649131224     PISSN: 17481317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijlct/3.2.71     Document Type: Article

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