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082			_aMBEP TH-0099 _bVAR
100			_aVarma, Dhruv (PBE22096) _998841
245		0	_aSpatial optimization of roof's solar reflectance index for urban heat island mitigation in Ahmedabad (Softcopy is also available)
260			_c2024
300			_ax,32p.
505			_aTABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ii UNDERTAKING iii CERTIFICATE iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v ABBREVIATIONS vi TABLE OF CONTENTS vii CHAPTER-1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background 2 1.2 Purpose Statement 3 1.3 Research Question 3 1.4 Research Objective 3 1.5 Limitations 3 CHAPTER-2: LITERATURE REVIEW 5 2.1 Cool Roof and Solar Reflectance Index 5 2.1.1 Solar Reflectance Index 5 2.1.2 Cool roof as a heat island mitigation measure 5 2.2 Cool roofs impact on energy consumption 7 2.3 Operational framework of ENVI-met 7 CHAPTER-3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 10 3.1 Site Selection 10 3.1.1 Built Cover Ratio (BCR) 10 3.1.2 Area of Ahmedabad 11 3.2 Modelling and Simulation Inputs 13 3.2.1 Weather Data 13 3.2.2 Wall and roof construction 15 3.2.3 Tree and Grass Selection 16 3.2.4 Soil and Road 16 3.3 Simulation outputs 16 CHAPTER-4: RESULTS 18 4.1 BCR-20:80 18 4.2 BCR-35:65 20 4.3 BCR-50:50 22 CHAPTER-5: CONCLUSION 24 REFERENCES 26 ANNEXURE 29 Annexure 1: Solar Reflectance Index Calculation 29 Annexure 2: Air Temperature obtained from each Built Cover Ratio for each SRI
700			_aRawal, Rajan (Guide)
890			_aIndia
891			_a2022 Batch
891			_aFT-PG
891			_aMasters of Technology in Building Energy Performance
999			_c72509 _d72509