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Using advanced cool materials in the urban built environment to mitigate heat islands and improve thermal comfort conditions
Solar Energy · 2011 · Vol. 85(12) · pp. 3085–3102
M. Santamouris✉(National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)Afroditi Synnefa(National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)Theoni Karlessi(National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Urban Heat Island MitigationBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationThermal Radiation and Cooling TechnologiesColoredThermal emittanceUrban heat islandEnvironmental scienceMaterials scienceReflectivityEngineering physicsThermalInfraredArchitectural engineering
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