Advances on technical, policy and market aspects of cool roof technology in Europe: The Cool Roofs project

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-41

  Synnefa, A ^a   Santamouris, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cool roofs; Energy savings; Market survey; Policy

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; COOL ROOFING; COOL ROOFS; COOLING LOAD; END-USERS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EU POLICY; HEAT ISLAND; MARKET SURVEYS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PILOT STUDIES; POLICY BARRIERS; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION; TECHNICAL ASPECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMMERCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY; TECHNOLOGY; TOOLS;

ROOFS;

EID: 84870580039     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.11.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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