The urban canyon and building energy use: Urban density versus daylight and passive solar gains

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2011-2020

  Stromann Andersen J ^a   Sattrup, P A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Daylight; Energy use; Integrated design; Solar radiation; Urban density

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING ENERGY; CLIMATIC FACTORS; DAYLIGHT; ENERGY OPTIMIZATION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY USE; IN-BUILDINGS; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; KEY FACTORS; LOW ENERGY BUILDINGS; PASSIVE ENERGY; PASSIVE SOLAR; PRIMARY FACTORS; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; URBAN CANYONS; URBAN DENSITY; URBAN SPACES;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DAYLIGHT SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SUN;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79957834444     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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