Evaluation of comfort conditions in urban open spaces. Application in the island of Crete

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 250-258

  Tsitoura, Marianna ^a   Tsoutsos, Theocharis ^a   Daras, Tryfon ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Microclimatic monitoring; Outdoor thermal comfort; Sustainable urban design

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT; URBAN PLANNING;

MICROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ON-SITE MEASUREMENT; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; PHYSIOLOGICALLY EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; STANDARD EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURES; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGNS; WET-BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84901685091     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.04.059     Document Type: Article

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