Comparing the effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies for Toronto, Canada

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  2016

• Venue

  Energy and Buildings

• Publication date

  2016-02-15

• Fields of study

  Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ENBUILD.2015.06.046
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