On the effect of summer heatwaves and urban overheating on building thermal-energy performance in central Italy

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 28, Issue , 2017, Pages 187-200

  Pyrgou, Andri ^a   Castaldo, Veronica Lucia ^b,c   Pisello, Anna Laura ^b,c   Cotana, Franco ^b,c   Santamouris, Mattheos ^d,e  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^b CIRIAF Interuniversity Research Centre on Pollution and Environment Mauro Felli   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Continuous monitoring; Dynamic thermal energy simulation; Energy efficiency in buildings; Heat wave; Meteorological assessment; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL ENERGY;

CONTINUOUS MONITORING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS; ENERGY SIMULATION; HEAT WAVES; METEOROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84989216683     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2016.09.012     Document Type: Article

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