A modelling method to assess the effect of tree shading for building performance simulation

Proceedings of Building Simulation 2011: 12th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 161-168

  Hes, Dominique ^a   Dawkins, Anthony ^a   Jensen, Chris ^a   Aye, Lu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Modelling of tree shading; Solar thermal load; Thermal simulation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; EVERGREEN SPECIES; MODEL TREES; MODELLING METHOD; MODELLING SOFTWARES; SOLAR THERMAL; THERMAL SIMULATIONS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN TREES;

BUILDINGS; THERMAL LOAD;

FORESTRY;

BUILDINGS; FORESTRY; MODELS; TREES;

EID: 84870223462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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