Integrating Urban Heat Island Impact into Building Energy Assessment in a Hot-Arid City
Dense cities usually experience the urban heat island (UHI) effect, resulting in higher ambient temperatures and increased cooling loads. However, the typical lack of combining climatic variables with building passive design parameters in significant evaluations hinders the consideration of the UHI...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-07-01
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Series: | Buildings |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/7/1818 |