Influence of height/width proportions on the thermal comfort of courtyard typology for Italian climate zones

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 29, Issue , 2017, Pages 97-106

  Martinelli, Letizia ^a   Matzarakis, Andreas ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Courtyard typology; Italy; PET; RayMan; Thermal comfort analysis; Urban geometry

Indexed keywords

AIR; ASPECT RATIO; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; THERMAL COMFORT; URBAN PLANNING;

COURTYARD TYPOLOGY; ITALY; RAYMAN; THERMAL COMFORT ANALYSIS; URBAN GEOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85006368863     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2016.12.004     Document Type: Article

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