Effect of reflective pavements on building energy use

Urban Climate

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-42

  Yaghoobian, Neda ^a   Kleissl, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy simulation; Canopy aspect ratio; Reflective pavements; Urban heat island mitigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870319136     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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