Effect of retro-reflecting transparent window on anthropogenic urban heat balance

Solar heat shielding against solar radiation over the entire building envelope is one of the most effective measures for achieving air-conditioning energy savings and preventing heat-island phenomenon in warmer climate regions. For this purpose, we proposed a new heat-shielding film, which possesses...

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Published in:Energy and buildings 2017-12, Vol.157, p.157-165
Main Authors: Ichinose, Masayuki, Inoue, Takashi, Nagahama, Tsutomu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air conditioners
Air conditioning
Anthropogenic factors
Building envelopes
Buildings
Daylighting
Energy conservation
Heat
Heat balance
Heat shielding
Near infrared
Quantitative analysis
Radiation
Retro-reflecting
Solar radiation
Solar radiation shielding
Transparency
Urban heat island
Window
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Summary:Solar heat shielding against solar radiation over the entire building envelope is one of the most effective measures for achieving air-conditioning energy savings and preventing heat-island phenomenon in warmer climate regions. For this purpose, we proposed a new heat-shielding film, which possesses a retro-reflective property and a wavelength-selection property, while having the same degree of transparency as that of transparent glass. The proposed film can be easily applied to a wide variety of buildings and architecture, including new and existing buildings. This film embodies an innovative heat-shielding technique that makes it possible to effectively return solar radiation toward the sky, while minimizing the secondary effects to other buildings, to the ground, and so on. In order to verify these effects, several aspects of quantitative evaluation are demonstrated. The measurement results and concepts in this paper are referred to from the previous conference paper Inoue et al. [10].
ISSN:0378-7788
1872-6178
DOI:10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.01.051