Nikolaos Kampelis, Georgios I. Papayiannis, Dionysia Kolokotsa, Georgios N. Galanis, Daniela Isidori, Cristina Cristalli and Athanasios N. Yannacopoulos The operation of buildings is linked to approximately 36% of the global energy consumption, 40% of greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change. Assessing the energy consumption and efficiency of buildings is a complex task addressed by a […]
Report on a World Health Organization meeting Bratislava, Slovakia 09–10 February 2004 Heat-waves were associated with an increase in all causes of death, not just heat stroke. In France, an excess of mortality was observed for all causes of deaths. The highest increases were observed for causes directly linked to the heat-wave, such as Hyperthermia […]
Solar Energy Volume 103, May 2014, Pages 682-703 Cooling the cities – A review of reflective and green roof mitigation technologies to fight heat island and improve comfort in urban environments M.Santamouris Group Building Environmental Research, Physics Department, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Available online 30 July 2012. Abstract The temperature of cities […]
23 August 2018, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, Basel, Switzerland. Junjing Yang, National University of Singapore, Department of Building, Singapore 117566, Mat Santamouris, Group of Building Environmental Research, Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, 15784 Athens, Greece Heat island is one of the more documented phenomena of climate change. It deals […]