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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Main Authors: Dongxue Zhan, Nurettin Sezer, Danlin Hou, Liangzhu Wang, Ibrahim Galal Hassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Series:Buildings
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/7/1818