Numerical and experimental analysis of cool roofs application on a laboratory building in Iraklion, Crete, Greece

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-93

  Kolokotsa, Dionysia ^a   Diakaki, Christina ^b   Papantoniou, Sotiris ^a   Vlissidis, Andreas ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cool roofs; Energy efficiency; Passive cooling; Urban heat island mitigation strategies

Indexed keywords

AIR-CONDITIONED BUILDINGS; COOL ROOFS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY BUILDINGS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PASSIVE COOLING; THERMAL CONDITION;

AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ROOFS;

EID: 84861792236     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.09.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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