Shading performance of a vertical deciduous climbing plant canopy

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-88

  Ip, Kenneth ^a   Lam, Marta ^a   Miller, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioshading Coefficient, Bioshader; Deciduous climbing plant canopy; External shading device; Shading coefficient

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; BIOSHADING COEFFICIENT, BIOSHADER; CLIMATIC CHANGES; COEFFICIENT FUNCTIONS; DECIDUOUS CLIMBING PLANT CANOPY; EXISTING BUILDING; EXTERNAL SHADING DEVICE; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; KEY PARAMETERS; MEASURED DATA; MONITORING AND ANALYSIS; OPAQUE SURFACES; PLANT CANOPIES; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; SHADING COEFFICIENT; SOLAR SHADINGS; VIRGINIA;

AGRICULTURE; SUN;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMBING PLANT; MICROCLIMATE; SHADING; SOLAR RADIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PARTHENOCISSUS QUINQUEFOLIA;

EID: 70249119591     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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