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Urban heat islands

By: Contributor(s): Series: Building Services Journal ; May 2000, 55-56(2)Publication details: 2000Subject(s): Summary: Discusses how urban environments create urban heat islands, and how this effects fuel use in buildings. The article is based on the DETR funded project of London's heat island by the BRE and Brunel University "Site layout planning to improve solar access, passive cooling and micoclimate". Graphs.

Discusses how urban environments create urban heat islands, and how this effects fuel use in buildings. The article is based on the DETR funded project of London's heat island by the BRE and Brunel University "Site layout planning to improve solar access, passive cooling and micoclimate". Graphs.