Urban form and function as building performance parameters

Building and Environment

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-123

  Futcher, Julie Ann ^a   Kershaw, Tristan ^b   Mills, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Form and function; Mean height to width ratio; Urban climate; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERNS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; EARLY DESIGN STAGES; EARTH'S SURFACE; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; HEATING AND COOLING; HEATING CYCLES; HOUSING NEEDS; INTERNAL ENERGIES; MICRO-SCALES; NATURAL ENERGY; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN EFFECT; URBAN FORM; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN SETTINGS; WIDTH RATIO;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSING; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EMPLOYMENT;

BUILDING; DESIGN METHOD; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY USE; HEAT ISLAND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN CLIMATE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84873902342     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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