Sustainable urban energy: Development of a mesoscale assessment model for solar reflective roof technologies

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7951-7959

  Jo, J H ^a   Carlson, J ^b   Golden, J S ^c   Bryan, H ^d  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cool roof systems; Energy modeling; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT MODELS; BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING ENERGY; COOL ROOFS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ELECTRICITY SAVING; ENERGY MODELING; ENGINEERED STRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS; LOCAL IMPACTS; MESOSCALE; PAYBACK PERIODS; PEAK DEMAND; PEAK ELECTRICAL DEMAND; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; POTENTIAL CAPACITY; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; STUDY AREAS; URBAN ENERGY; URBAN SCALE; URBANIZED AREA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; GAS EMISSIONS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INSTALLATION; INVESTMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR ENERGY;

ROOFS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; GREENHOUSE GAS; ROOF; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78049479631     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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