Influence of the urban microclimate in street canyons on the energy demand for space cooling and heating of buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 823-832

  Allegrini, Jonas ^a   Dorer, Viktor ^a   Carmeliet, Jan ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Building energy simulation; Energy demand; Solar radiation; Space cooling; Space heating; Urban microclimate

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEATING DEMAND; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; RADIATIVE HEAT; SPACE COOLING; STREET CANYON; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN MICROCLIMATE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COOLING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE HEATING; SUN;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84870587568     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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