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Effects of asymmetry, galleries, overhanging façades and vegetation on thermal comfort in urban street canyons
Solar Energy · 2006 · Vol. 81(6) · pp. 742–754
Fazia Ali-Toudert✉(University of Freiburg)Helmut Mayer(University of Freiburg)
Urban Heat Island MitigationBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationWind and Air Flow StudiesCanyonMicroclimateStreet canyonThermal comfortEnvironmental scienceThermalShadingSkyVegetation (pathology)Heat stress
Funding
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
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540
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