The effect of green roofs on pedestrian level air temperature

14th International Conference of IBPSA - Building Simulation 2015, BS 2015, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 987-992

  Jamei, Elmira ^a   Rajagopalan, Priyadarsini ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROOFS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; BUILDING HEIGHT; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS; LARGE ROOFS; MICRO AND MACRO; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84976400609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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