Optimal tree design for daylighting in residential buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2594-2606

  Hongbing, Wang ^a,b   Jun, Qin ^b   Yonghong, Hu ^b   Li, Dong ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Botanical Garden   (China)

Author keywords

Crown shape; Green space between buildings; Model; Residential quarter

Indexed keywords

AUTOCAD; BUILDING ENVIRONMENT; BUILDING LAYOUT; BUILDING SEPARATION; BUILDING SERVICES; CROWN SHAPE; GREEN SPACE BETWEEN BUILDINGS; GREEN SPACES; MAXIMUM TREE HEIGHT; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; TREE DESIGNS; TREE GROWTH; TREE HEIGHT; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

APARTMENT HOUSES; DAYLIGHTING; OPTIMIZATION; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; GREENSPACE; REFORESTATION; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TREE PLANTING; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

CITIES; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HOUSES; OPTIMIZATION; REFORESTATION; TREE DIMENSIONS;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 77955429126     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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