Comparative assessment of various heat island mitigation measures

Building and Environment

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 162-170

  Saneinejad, Saba ^a   Moonen, Peter ^a,b   Carmeliet, Jan ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Albedo; Evaporative cooling; Heat island; Shading; Street canyon; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; HEAT ISLAND; SHADING; STREET CANYON;

CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL COMFORT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; INDOOR AIR; MICROCLIMATE; SHADING; STREET CANYON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84892464453     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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