Street geometry and energy conservation of urban buildings in Chicago

Intelligent Buildings International

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-250

  Bhiwapurkar, Pravin ^a   Moschandrea, Demetrios ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Density of built up area; Energy conservation; Street geometry; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING SPACES; BUILT-UP AREAS; CHICAGO; COOLING ENERGY; COOLING LOAD; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; ENERGY NEEDS; HEATING ENERGY; HEATING LOAD; ROOF SURFACES; SPACE CONDITIONING; STAND -ALONE; STREET GEOMETRY; URBAN BUILDINGS; URBAN CONTEXT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WIND SPEED;

AIR CONDITIONING; ASPECT RATIO; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GEOMETRY; HEATING; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COOLING; GEOMETRY; HEAT ISLAND; HEATING; MICROCLIMATE; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; URBAN PLANNING; WIND VELOCITY;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954555552     PISSN: 17508975     EISSN: 17566932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/inbi.2010.0047     Document Type: Article

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