Cool roofs for passive cooling: performance in different climates and for different insulation levels in Italy

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-169

  Costanzo, Vincenzo ^a   Evola, Gianpiero ^a   Marletta, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

building energy performance; cool roofs; design suggestions; primary energy consumption; thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; COOL ROOFS; DESIGN SUGGESTIONS; EVALUATION OF PARAMETERS; EXISTING OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ROOF SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PAINT; SUN; THERMAL COMFORT;

ROOFS;

EID: 84890961407     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2013.865556     Document Type: Article

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