Urban heat islands
- 2000
- Building Services Journal May 2000, 55-56(2) .
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.
MICROCLIMATE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS BRE URBAN AREAS ENERGY USE SOLAR GAIN