Eco-efficient materials for mitigating building cooling needs : design, properties and applications /: design, properties and applications. (2015)
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- Eco-efficient materials for mitigating building cooling needs : design, properties and applications /: design, properties and applications. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Eco-efficient materials for mitigating building cooling needs : design, properties and applications
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Fernando Pacheco-Torgal, Joô Labrincha, Luisa Cabeza, Claes Goeran Granqvist.
- Editors:
- Torgal, Fernando Pacheco
Labrincha, Joô
Cabeza, Luisa
Goeran Granqvist, Claes - Contents:
- Ch 1- Introduction F. Pacheco-Torgal, University of Minho, Portugal PART I. PAVEMENTS FOR MITIGATING URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS Ch 2 - Coating materials to increase pavement's surface reflectance N Xie, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Ch 3 - Pavements made of concrete with high solar reflectance Farhad Reza, University of California, USA Ch. 4 - Comparison of the performance of concrete and asphalt materials H. Li, University of California, USA PART II. FACADE MATERIALS FOR REDUCING COOLING NEEDS Ch. 5 - Green facades and living walls: vertical vegetation as a construction material Irina Susorovo, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Ch. 6 - Comparing the performance of different facade materials N Alchapar, INCIHUSA, Argentina Ch. 7 - Lotus ceramics for counteracting urban heat island effects Kiyoshi Okada, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Ch. 8 - Innovative evaporative cooling walls Alessandro Carbonari, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy PART III. ROOFING MATERIALS FOR REDUCING COOLING NEEDS Ch. 9 - High albedo roof coatings for reducing cooling needs Anna Laura Pisello, University of Perugia, Italy Ch 10 - Solar cooling with hydrophilic porous materials for reducing cooling needs D. Karamanis, University of Ioannina, Greece Ch 11 - Cool green roofs for reducing cooling needs Yann-Jou Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Ch 12 - Influence of damaged vegetation on the reduction of cooling needs A. F. Speak, The University of Manchester, UK Ch 13 -Ch 1- Introduction F. Pacheco-Torgal, University of Minho, Portugal PART I. PAVEMENTS FOR MITIGATING URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS Ch 2 - Coating materials to increase pavement's surface reflectance N Xie, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Ch 3 - Pavements made of concrete with high solar reflectance Farhad Reza, University of California, USA Ch. 4 - Comparison of the performance of concrete and asphalt materials H. Li, University of California, USA PART II. FACADE MATERIALS FOR REDUCING COOLING NEEDS Ch. 5 - Green facades and living walls: vertical vegetation as a construction material Irina Susorovo, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Ch. 6 - Comparing the performance of different facade materials N Alchapar, INCIHUSA, Argentina Ch. 7 - Lotus ceramics for counteracting urban heat island effects Kiyoshi Okada, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Ch. 8 - Innovative evaporative cooling walls Alessandro Carbonari, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy PART III. ROOFING MATERIALS FOR REDUCING COOLING NEEDS Ch. 9 - High albedo roof coatings for reducing cooling needs Anna Laura Pisello, University of Perugia, Italy Ch 10 - Solar cooling with hydrophilic porous materials for reducing cooling needs D. Karamanis, University of Ioannina, Greece Ch 11 - Cool green roofs for reducing cooling needs Yann-Jou Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Ch 12 - Influence of damaged vegetation on the reduction of cooling needs A. F. Speak, The University of Manchester, UK Ch 13 - Technical and economic analysis of green roofs to reduce cooling needs Fabrizio Ascione, University of Naples, Italy PART IV. PCMS AND CHROMOGENIC SMART MATERIALS FOR REDUCING COOLING NEEDS Ch. 14 - PCMs for reducing cooling needs Luisa F. Cabeza, University of Lleida, Spain Ch. 15 - Nanomaterials embedded PCMs for reducing building cooling needs S.Kalaiselvam, Anna University, India Ch. 16 - Thermocromic materials for reducing cooling needs Claes Granqvist, Uppsala University, Sweden Ch. 17 - Electrochromic walls for reducing cooling needs Marco Pittaluga, Cagliari University, Italy Ch. 18 - Electrochromic windows impact in the energy performance of buildings in Mediterranean climates: A case study P.Tavares, INESC Coimbra, Portugal … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Oxford : Woodhead Publishing
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 691.0286
Building materials -- Environmental aspects
Buildings -- Environmental engineering - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781782424017
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781782423805
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