The effects of urban and building design parameters on solar access to the urban canyon and the potential for direct passive solar heating strategies

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 189-200

  Van Esch, M M E ^a,b   Looman, R H J ^a   De Bruin Hordijk, G J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Building geometry; Passive solar design; Solar access; Solar exposure; Street layout

Indexed keywords

BUILDING GEOMETRY; PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN; SOLAR ACCESS; SOLAR EXPOSURE; STREET LAYOUT;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; DESIGN;

SOLAR HEATING;

EID: 84857058453     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.11.042     Document Type: Article

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