On the selection and design of the proper roof pond variant for passive cooling purposes

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3523-3533

  Spanaki, Artemisia ^a   Tsoutsos, Theocharis ^b   Kolokotsa, Dionysia ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Evaporative cooling; Passive cooling; Roof pond

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; ROOFS;

DECISION SUPPORTS; DEMAND REDUCTION; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; GUNNY BAGS; PASSIVE COOLING; ROOF PONDS; STATE OF THE ART;

LAKES;

EID: 79960262187     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.05.007     Document Type: Review

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