Retroreflective façades for urban heat island mitigation: Experimental investigation and energy evaluations

Federico Rossi, Beatrice Castellani, Andrea Presciutti, Elena Morini, Mirko Filipponi, Andrea Nicolini and Matheos Santamouris

Applied Energy, 2015, vol. 145, issue C, 8-20

Abstract: The optimization of optical properties of buildings’ envelope and urban paving represents an important research field for reducing the urban heat island effect. The overheating of a surface exposed to sunlight can be reduced by improving solar reflectance. In this sense, several studies have demonstrated the positive effect of cool materials on UHI mitigation.

Keywords: Urban heat island; Retroreflective materials; Urban canyon; Cool materials; Cool façade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.129

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