Urban microclimate analysis with consideration of local ambient temperature, external heat gain, urban ventilation, and outdoor thermal comfort in the tropics

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-135

  Ignatius, Marcel ^a   Wong, Nyuk Hien ^a   Jusuf, Steve Kardinal ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

District energy performance; District heat gain; Outdoor temperature; Outdoor thermal comfort; Thermal load units; Urban heat island; Urban ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944031096     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2015.07.016     Document Type: Article

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