Urban canyon albedo and its implication on the use of reflective cool pavements

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-94

  Qin, Yinghong ^a,b  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention and Engineering Safety of Guangxi   (China)

Author keywords

Adjacent building; Albedo; Aspect ratio; Reflective pavement; Reflectivity; Solar angle; Street canyon

Indexed keywords

PAVEMENTS; REFLECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ADJACENT BUILDINGS; ALBEDO; DIFFUSE RADIATION; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; SOLAR ABSORPTION; SOLAR ANGLE; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; STREET CANYON;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 84925635434     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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