Cool roofs as a strategy to tackle global warming: economical and technical opportunities

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-268

  Rossi, F ^a   Cotana, F ^a   Filipponi, M ^a   Nicolini, A ^a   Menon, S ^b   Rosenfeld, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

albedo; CO2 offset; cool roofs; global warming; high albedo surface

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; COOL ROOFS; EARTH'S TEMPERATURE; EMISSIONS-REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ROOFS; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 84890939953     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2013.865555     Document Type: Article

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