Urban heat island and its impact on building energy consumption

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 261-270

  Priyadarsini, Rajagopalan ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cool surfaces; Energy; Temperature; Urban heat island; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONERS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT SOURCE; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; COOL SURFACES; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY USE; HEAT ISLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN RACES; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; MITIGATION STRATEGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; ROAD TRAFFIC; URBAN AREAS; URBAN DWELLERS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; HEAT FLUX; SUN; THERMAL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 70449433982     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/aber.2009.0310     Document Type: Article

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