Urban cooling: Which façade orientation has the most impact on a microclimate?

Using solar availability factors to adjust cool-wall energy savings for shading and reflection by neighboring buildings

(2019) Ronnen Levinson   SOLAR ENERGY

The growing threat of heat disasters

(2019) David J Sailor et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Renaturing a microclimate: The impact of greening a neighbourhood on indoor thermal comfort during a heatwave in Manchester, UK

(2019) Mohammad Taleghani et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

The role of sky view factor and urban street greenery in human thermal comfort and heat stress in a desert climate

(2019) Armaghan Ahmadi Venhari et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

On the energy impact of urban heat island in Sydney: Climate and energy potential of mitigation technologies

(2018) Mattheos Santamouris et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Outdoor human thermal perception in various climates: A comprehensive review of approaches, methods and quantification

(2018) Oded Potchter et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Courtyard microclimate ENVI-met outputs deviation from the experimental data

(2018) V.P. López-Cabeza et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Direct and indirect effects of high-albedo roofs on energy consumption and thermal comfort of residential buildings

(2018) Amir Baniassadi et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Systematic Comparison of the Influence of Cool Wall versus Cool Roof Adoption on Urban Climate in the Los Angeles Basin

(2018) Jiachen Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The impact of heat mitigation strategies on the energy balance of a neighborhood in Los Angeles

(2018) Mohammad Taleghani et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Modeling and simulating urban outdoor comfort: Coupling ENVI-Met and TRNSYS by grasshopper

(2017) Katia Perini et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Modeling the climate impacts of deploying solar reflective cool pavements in California cities

(2017) Arash Mohegh et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Three decades of urban heat islands and mitigation technologies research

(2016) Hashem Akbari et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Evaluating the performance of ENVI-met model in diurnal cycles for different meteorological conditions

(2016) Juan A. Acero et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

Regulating the damaged thermostat of the cities—Status, impacts and mitigation challenges

(2015) M. Santamouris   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Meteorological, air-quality, and emission-equivalence impacts of urban heat island control in California

(2015) Haider Taha   Sustainable Cities and Society

Using cool paving materials to improve microclimate of urban areas – Design realization and results of the flisvos project

(2012) M. Santamouris et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Global cooling updates: Reflective roofs and pavements

(2012) Hashem Akbari et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

The potential for air-temperature impact from large-scale deployment of solar photovoltaic arrays in urban areas

(2012) Haider Taha   SOLAR ENERGY

Cooling the cities – A review of reflective and green roof mitigation technologies to fight heat island and improve comfort in urban environments

(2012) M. Santamouris   SOLAR ENERGY

Modelling radiation fluxes in simple and complex environments: basics of the RayMan model

(2009) Andreas Matzarakis et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Meso-urban meteorological and photochemical modeling of heat island mitigation

(2008) Haider Taha   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT