Modelling the correlation between building energy ratings and heat-related mortality and morbidity

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 29-39

  Alam, Morshed ^a   Sanjayan, Jay ^a   Zou, Patrick X W ^a   Stewart, Mark G ^b   Wilson, John ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Building energy rating; Building simulation; Climate change; Heat stress; Heatwave

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEALTH HAZARDS; HOUSES; RATING; STARS; THERMAL STRESS;

BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; HEAT RELATED MORTALITY; HEAT STRESS; HEATWAVE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ENERGIES; WET-BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURES;

HEATING;

EID: 84962577433     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2016.01.006     Document Type: Article

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