TY - JOUR
T1 - Improvement of urban thermal environment by wavelength-selective retro-reflective film
AU - Inoue, Takashi
AU - Shimo, Taizo
AU - Ichinose, Masayuki
AU - Takase, Kozo
AU - Nagahama, Tsutomu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We have proposed and developed a new solar-shading transparent film that is retro-reflective to only near-infrared solar radiation. Based on the results of an experimental study, the effectiveness of this newly developed film was investigated from the viewpoint of improving the thermal radiation environment of the surrounding area and mitigating the urban heat island effect. A city block model and weather data were used to quantitatively analyze the influence that various factors, such as the density and height of buildings, the latitude of the city, and the direction of façade, on the amount of solar radiation reflected upward.
AB - We have proposed and developed a new solar-shading transparent film that is retro-reflective to only near-infrared solar radiation. Based on the results of an experimental study, the effectiveness of this newly developed film was investigated from the viewpoint of improving the thermal radiation environment of the surrounding area and mitigating the urban heat island effect. A city block model and weather data were used to quantitatively analyze the influence that various factors, such as the density and height of buildings, the latitude of the city, and the direction of façade, on the amount of solar radiation reflected upward.
KW - Energy conservation
KW - Heat-island phenomenon
KW - Near infra-red range
KW - Retro-reflective film
KW - Urban thermal environment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029905763&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.447
DO - 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.447
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85029905763
VL - 122
SP - 967
EP - 972
JO - Energy Procedia
JF - Energy Procedia
SN - 1876-6102
T2 - International Conference on Future Buildings and Districts - Energy Efficiency from Nano to Urban Scale, CISBAT 2017
Y2 - 6 September 2017 through 8 September 2017
ER -