Heating energy penalties of cool roofs: the effect of snow accumulation on roofs

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Hosseini, Mirata ^a   Akbari, Hashem ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

cold climate; cool roof; DOE 2.1E; heating and cooling energy use; office building

Indexed keywords

ANCHORAGES (FOUNDATIONS); ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING; METEOROLOGY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SNOW;

COLD CLIMATE; COOL ROOFS; DOE-2.1E; HEATING AND COOLING; HEATING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; SOLAR REFLECTANCE;

ROOFS;

EID: 84904509452     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2014.890541     Document Type: Review

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