Quantifying the domestic electricity consumption for air-conditioning due to urban heat islands in hot arid regions

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 371-380

  Radhi, Hassan ^a   Sharples, Stephen ^b  

^a Global Engineering Bureau   (Bahrain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooling degree days; Domestic electricity consumption; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARID REGIONS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING;

COOLING (HEATING) DEGREE DAY; COOLING DEGREE DAYS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; QUANTITATIVE INDICES; STATISTICAL EQUATIONS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARID REGION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; HEAT ISLAND; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; MICROCLIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BAHRAIN;

EID: 84880336478     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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