Assessment of the impact of cool roofs in rural buildings in India
Authors:
- Vishal GargVGVishal Garg
- Rajashree KotharkarRKRajashree Kotharkar
- Jayant SathayeJSJayant Sathaye
- Hema RallapalliHRHema Rallapalli
- Nilesh KulkarniNKNilesh Kulkarni
- Niranjan ReddyNRNiranjan Reddy
- Prabhakara RaoPRPrabhakara Rao
- Ashok SarkarASAshok Sarkar
- 1 February 2016
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Energy and Buildings
- Vol. 114, 156-163
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