The summer thermal behaviour of "skin" materials for vertical surfaces in Athens, Greece as a decisive parameter for their selection

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 582-598

  Bougiatioti, F ^a   Evangelinos, E ^a   Poulakos, G ^a   Zacharopoulos, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buildings; Materials; Surface temperatures; Thermal comfort; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; HARD FACING; HEAT FLUX; ROOFS; SUN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL POLLUTION;

ATHENS , GREECE; BUILDING FACADES; COMFORT CONDITIONS; FLAT ROOFS; IN-SITU; OUTDOOR SPACES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACING MATERIALS; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; VERTICAL SURFACES;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT ISLAND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ROOF; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 61849162357     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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