Passive cooling design options to ameliorate thermal comfort in urban streets of a Mediterranean climate (Athens) under hot summer conditions

Building and Environment

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 110-119

  Shashua Bar, Limor ^a   Tsiros, Ioannis X ^b   Hoffman, Milo ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Green CTTC model; PET thermal index; SCAT options; Shading strategies; Urban design; Urban microclimate

Indexed keywords

SCAT OPTIONS; SHADING STRATEGIES; THERMAL INDEX; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN MICROCLIMATE;

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL COMFORT;

THERMAL STRESS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; INDEX METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROCLIMATE; MODELING; PEDESTRIAN; SHADING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN DESIGN;

CITIES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDITERRANEAN; MICROCLIMATES; RESOLUTION; SUN LIGHT; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL STRESS;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84861330012     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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