Assessment of long term solar reflectance performance of roof coverings measured in laboratory and in field

Building and Environment

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 164-172

  Kültür, Sinem ^a   Türkeri, Nil ^b  

^a BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cool roofs; Heat island; Monitoring; Pyranometer; Solar reflectance; Solar spectrophotometer

Indexed keywords

COOL ROOFS; HEAT ISLAND; PYRANOMETER; SOLAR REFLECTANCE; SOLAR SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; LABORATORIES; MONITORING; RATING; REFLECTION; ROOF COVERINGS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

BITUMEN; BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT ISLAND; LABORATORY METHOD; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REFLECTANCE; ROOF; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 80053176017     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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