Assessment and energy implications of street air temperature cooling by shade tress in Athens (Greece) under extremely hot weather conditions

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1866-1869

  Tsiros, Ioannis X ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Energy savings; Passive cooling; Tree shade; Urban microclimate; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; COOLING EFFECTS; CURRENT LEVELS; ENERGY SAVING; HOT WEATHER; LIGHT WIND; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PASSIVE COOLING; REFERENCE POINTS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SHADE TREES; SUBURBAN STREETS; TIME CONSUMPTION; TRAFFIC LOADS; TREE COVER; TREE SHADES; URBAN MICROCLIMATE; VEGETATION CANOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; ROADS AND STREETS; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

COOLING;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MICROCLIMATE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SHADING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VEGETATION COVER;

CONSERVATION; COOLING; ENERGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; PYROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 77949569827     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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