Mapping indoor overheating and air pollution risk modification across Great Britain: A modelling study

Building and Environment

Volumn 99, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-12

  Taylor, Jonathon ^a   Davies, Mike ^a   Mavrogianni, Anna ^a   Shrubsole, Clive ^a   Hamilton, Ian ^b   Das, Payel ^a,d   Jones, Benjamin ^c   Oikonomou, Eleni ^b   Biddulph, Phillip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building physics; Building stock modelling; IAQ; Overheating

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HOUSING; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; BUILDING PHYSICS; BUILDING STOCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; IAQ; INDOOR/OUTDOOR RATIOS; OVERHEATING; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEATING; INDOOR AIR; MAPPING; RISK FACTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84955098873     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.01.010     Document Type: Article

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