Forest microclimates: Investigating the performance potential of vegetation at the building space scale

Building and Environment

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-23

  Mangone, Giancarlo ^a   van der Linden, Kees ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy use; Forest microclimate; Productivity; Shading; Thermal comfort; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN PROCESS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION RATES; ENERGY USE; FOREST MICROCLIMATE; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE POTENTIALS; SHADING;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORESTRY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PRODUCTIVITY; THERMAL COMFORT;

VEGETATION;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; ENERGY USE; FOREST CANOPY; MICROCLIMATE; SHADING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DESIGN; VEGETATION;

BUILDINGS; CLIMATES; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SHADES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84890649988     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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