A hydrothermal model to assess the impact of green walls on urban microclimate and building energy consumption

Building and Environment

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 187-197

  Malys, Laurent ^a   Musy, Marjorie ^a   Inard, Christian ^b  

^a CERMA UMR CNRS 1563   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Building energy consumption; Green walls; Microclimate; Model; Simulation; SOLENE

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MODELS;

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GREEN WALLS; MICROCLIMATE; SIMULATION; SOLENE;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY; HEAT ISLAND; MICROCLIMATE; WALL; WATER STRESS;

EID: 84892453272     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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