Cooling and energy saving potentials of shade trees and urban lawns in a desert city

Applied Energy

Volumn 161, Issue , 2016, Pages 437-444

  Wang, Zhi Hua ^a   Zhao, Xiaoxi ^a   Yang, Jiachuan ^a   Song, Jiyun ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy efficiency; Human thermal comfort; Hydrological processes; Monte Carlo simulation; Radiative heat exchange; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THERMAL COMFORT; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; RADIATIVE HEAT EXCHANGE; URBAN VEGETATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ARID REGION; CANYON; COOLING; DESERT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND SURFACE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; METROPOLITAN AREA; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944755170     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.10.047     Document Type: Article

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