From urban climate to energy consumption. Enhancing building performance simulation by including the urban heat island effect

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 145, Issue , 2017, Pages 107-120

  Palme, M ^a,d   Inostroza, L ^b,c   Villacreses, G ^d   Lobato Cordero, Andrea ^d   Carrasco, C ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d National Institute for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antofagasta; Building performance simulation; Cooling demand; GIS; Guayaquil; Lima; Spatial analysis; Urban weather generator; Valparaiso; Weather data

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSING; METEOROLOGY; THERMAL POLLUTION; URBAN PLANNING;

ANTOFAGASTA; BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATIONS; GUAYAQUIL; LIMA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VALPARAISO; WEATHER DATA; WEATHER GENERATOR;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 85017557333     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.03.069     Document Type: Article

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