Energy savings from tree shade

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1324-1329

  Pandit, Ram ^a   Laband, David N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity use; Enery conservation; Natural air conditioning; Tree shade

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SHADING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA;

ALABAMA; AUBURN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950342058     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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