An energy-balanced analytic model for urban heat canyons: comparison with experimental data

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-234

  Bonamente, Emanuele ^a   Rossi, Federico ^a   Coccia, Valentina ^a   Pisello, Anna Laura ^a   Nicolini, Andrea ^a   Castellani, Beatrice ^b   Cotana, Franco ^a   Filipponi, Mirko ^a   Morini, Elena ^a   Santamouris, Matheos ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b IPASS Engineering for the Environment and the Sustainable Development   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

building envelope; climate modelling; cool roofs; urban canyon; urban heat island

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; COOL ROOFS; EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; REFLECTIVE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; URBAN CANYONS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; SOLAR BUILDINGS; TEST FACILITIES;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 84890940515     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2013.865561     Document Type: Article

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