Passive cooling design options to improve thermal comfort in an Urban District of Rome, under hot summer conditions

International Journal of Engineering and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4495-4500

  Galli, Giorgio ^a   Vallati, Andrea ^a   Recchiuti, Carla ^a   de Lieto Vollaro, Roberto ^b   Botta, Fabio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Thermal comfort; Urban heat Island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892609974     PISSN: 23198613     EISSN: 09754024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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