Assessment of thermal stress in a street canyon in pedestrian area with or without canopy shading

Energy Procedia

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 1570-1575

  Paolini, Riccardo ^a   Mainini, Andrea G ^a   Poli, Tiziana ^a   Vercesi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microclimate; Mitigation; Urban canyon; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899018629     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.02.177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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