Energy and environmental aspects of cool materials

Advances in the Development of Cool Materials for the Built Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 231-272

  Kolokotroni, Maria ^a   Kolokotsa, Dionysia Denia ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Building; Building design; Climate; Cool materials; Cool roof; Cooling; Energy use; Environmental impact; Evaluation tool; Health; Heating; HVAC; Indoor comfort; Outdoor comfort; Pollution; Toolkit; Urban design; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884861510     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/9781608054718113010012     Document Type: Chapter

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