Wall area, volume and plan depth in the building stock

Building Research and Information

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 455-467

  Steadman, Philip ^a   Evans, Stephen ^b   Batty, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Building envelope; Building geometry; Building stock; Built form; Depth ratio; Plan depth; Surface area; Volume

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BUILDING ENVELOPE; BUILDING GEOMETRY; BUILDING STOCK; BUILT FORM; DEPTH RATIO; PLAN DEPTH; SURFACE AREA; VOLUME;

OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR BUILDINGS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 70349644238     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210903152531     Document Type: Article

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