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Matheos Santamouris
Researcher at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Publications - 12
Citations - 728
Matheos Santamouris is an academic researcher from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The author has contributed to research in topics: Urban heat island & Climate change. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 12 publications receiving 562 citations.
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Local climate change and urban heat island mitigation techniques – the state of the art
Hashem Akbari,Constantinos Cartalis,Denia Kolokotsa,Alberto Muscio,Anna Laura Pisello,Federico Rossi,Matheos Santamouris,Afroditi Synnefa,Nyuk Hien Wong,Michele Zinzi +9 more
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.
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Retroreflective façades for urban heat island mitigation: Experimental investigation and energy evaluations
Federico Rossi,Beatrice Castellani,Andrea Presciutti,Elena Morini,Mirko Filipponi,Andrea Nicolini,Matheos Santamouris +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the angular reflectance of retroreflective (RR) films for several inclination angles of solar radiation was measured in order to quantify cooling potential of RR materials in terms of energy reflected and sent beyond the urban canyon, and the experimental characterization and energy evaluations showed that RR materials could be effectively applied as coatings on urban paving and building envelope, to reduce the circulating energy into the canyon.
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Studying the effect of “cool” coatings in street urban canyons and its potential as a heat island mitigation technique
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the measured and calculated surface temperature for the initial coating and the air temperature in the center of a deep street urban canyon, in order to calculate surface temperature in buildings' facades and at street level as well as air temperature inside the canyon.
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Local urban warming, possible impacts and a resilience plan to climate change for the historical center of Athens, Greece
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of the urban heat island to the prevailing environmental and microclimatic conditions, to the needs for energy production and use at the city and neighborhoods, and to the society, especially with respect to the quality of life, the exposure of elderly people to adverse thermal conditions and the capacity of households to adjust are provided and discussed in detail.
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An energy-balanced analytic model for urban heat canyons: comparison with experimental data
Emanuele Bonamente,Federico Rossi,Valentina Coccia,Anna Laura Pisello,Andrea Nicolini,Beatrice Castellani,Franco Cotana,Mirko Filipponi,Elena Morini,Matheos Santamouris +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, an original method to quantify the urban heat canyon effect as a function of meteorological conditions, geometry, and surface properties is proposed, in order to provide a reliable tool to estimate the effect of the reflective properties of the canyon surfaces on the urban environment.