Assessment of the influence of daily shadings pattern on human thermal comfort and attendance in Rome during summer period

Building and Environment

Volumn 92, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-38

  Martinelli, Letizia ^a,c   Lin, Tzu Ping ^b   Matzarakis, Andreas ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mediterranean climate; Open space design; Outdoor thermal comfort; Physiologically Equivalent Temperature; Shading; Summer heat stress

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY;

MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; PHYSIOLOGICALLY EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; SHADING; SPACE DESIGN; SUMMER HEAT;

THERMAL COMFORT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OPEN SPACE; OUTDOOR RECREATION; SHADING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 84929471240     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.04.013     Document Type: Article

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