Assessment of the impact of cool roofs in rural buildings in India

Estimating the effect of using cool coatings on energy loads and thermal comfort in residential buildings in various climatic conditions

Afroditi Synnefa, M. Santamouris, Hashem Akbari · Energy and Buildings · 2007 · 553 citations

Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Building Science +17

Effect of roof solar reflectance on the building heat gain in a hot climate

H. Suehrcke, Eric L. Peterson, Neville Selby · Energy and Buildings · 2008 · 256 citations

Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Building Science +16

Quantifying the direct benefits of cool roofs in an urban setting: Reduced cooling energy use and lowered greenhouse gas emissions

Tengfang Xu, Jayant Sathaye, Hashem Akbari et al. · Building and Environment · 2011 · 145 citations

Architecture, Building Science, Urban Planning +17

Performance of different passive techniques for cooling of buildings in arid regions

N.M. Nahar, Pawan Kumar Sharma, M.M. Purohit · Building and Environment · 2002 · 139 citations

Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Building Science +14

Assessment of thermal environmental conditions and quantification of thermal adaptation in naturally ventilated buildings in composite climate of India

Shivraj Dhaka, Jyotirmay Mathur, Gail Brager et al. · Building and Environment · 2014 · 126 citations · Full text

Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Building Science +16