Studying the effect of "cool" coatings in street urban canyons and its potential as a heat island mitigation technique

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-31

  Georgakis, Chryssoula ^a   Zoras, S ^b   Santamouris, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Polytechnic School of Xanthi   (Greece)

Author keywords

Simulations; Surface; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975094360     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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