Cool materials and cool roofs: Potentialities in mediterranean buildings

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 201-266

  Zinzi, Michele ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Passive cooling; Solar materials; Thermal comfort; Urban heat island mitigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055597124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849776349     Document Type: Chapter

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