On the impact of urban overheating and extreme climatic conditions on housing, energy, comfort and environmental quality of vulnerable population in Europe

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-133

  Santamouris, Mattheos ^a,b   Kolokotsa, Dionysia ^c  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Extreme weather conditions; Low cost mitigation technologies; Low income population; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING; HOUSING; METEOROLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS; LOW COSTS; LOW INCOMES; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84922044979     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.08.050     Document Type: Article

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