Cool products for building envelope - Part II: Experimental and numerical evaluation of thermal performances

Solar Energy

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 780-791

  Revel, Gian Marco ^a   Martarelli, Milena ^a   Emiliani, Marco ^a   Celotti, Luca ^b   Nadalini, Riccardo ^b   Ferrari, Antonio De ^c   Hermanns, Sacha ^d   Beckers, Erwin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Active Space Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^c D'Appolonia   (Italy)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cool roof; Measurement; Mock up; Numerical model; Solar reflectance

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT FLUX; MEASUREMENT; MOCKUPS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROOFS; SOLAR BUILDINGS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

3-D NUMERICAL MODELING; COOL ROOFS; COOLING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SOLAR REFLECTANCE;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT FLUX; INSULATION; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REFLECTANCE; ROOF; SOFTWARE; SOLAR POWER;

ALGETE; MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84901831517     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.02.035     Document Type: Article

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