Constantinos Cartalis

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of ambient temperature on the peak electricity demand was analyzed and it was shown that higher temperatures have a serious impact on the electricity consumption of the building sector increasing considerably the peak and the total electricity demand.

TL;DR: In this paper, the state of the art in terms of local climate change and urban heat island mitigation techniques are presented in detail, in particular developments in the field on highly reflective materials, cool and green roofs, cool pavements, urban green and of other mitigation technologies.

TL;DR: In this article, the thermal environment of major cities in Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki, Patra, Volos and Heraklion) is examined using satellite images provided by the Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) sensor on board Landsat 7 satellite corresponding to the daytime and warm period when the surface urban heat island (SUHI) phenomenon is best observed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of climate changes on the urban environment may be assessed by calculating the modifications in energy production and consumption for such daily operations as heating and cooling in the southeastern Mediterranean (the area of Greece) were simulated for the year 2030.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors applied four downscaling techniques using different scaling factors to downscale 1-km LST image data provided by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensor, given that AVHRR can offer the highest temporal resolution currently available.