Comparing the effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies for Toronto, Canada

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 114, Issue , 2016, Pages 2-19

  Wang, Yupeng ^a,b   Berardi, Umberto ^c   Akbari, Hashem ^b  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cool roof; Microclimate simulation; Urban heat island; Urban surface albedo; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

PLANNING; ROOFS; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL POLLUTION; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

COOL ROOFS; MICROCLIMATE SIMULATION; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN SURFACES; URBAN VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84934774905     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.06.046     Document Type: Article

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