Design tool to improve daytime thermal comfort and nighttime cooling of urban canyons
| Autor: | M. Angélica Ruiz, M. Belén Sosa, Érica Norma Correa, M. Alicia Cantón |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Canyon
geography Daytime geography.geographical_feature_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Ecology Meteorology 020209 energy Design tool Thermal comfort NIGHTTIME COOLING INGENIERÍAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Urban Studies DESIGN TOOL DAYTIME THERMAL COMFORT URBAN CANYONS 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Environmental science Ingeniería Medioambiental y Geológica Geotécnicas Ingeniería del Medio Ambiente 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | Landscape and Urban Planning. 167:249-256 |
| ISSN: | 0169-2046 |
| Popis: | As the urban population increases, the land area occupied by cities has increased at an even higher rate. Given this trend, urban warming has become a global phenomenon that affects outdoor comfort, energy consumption and air quality. Urban climate researchers assess cities’ micro-climate behavior in order to be able to propose a suitable urban design. In this sense, urban planners still face a lack of simple tools to evaluate thermal behavior and the comfort conditions of an urban space. This study aims to develop a design tool, which was developed from collected field surveys in a non-forested urban canyon and in 18 representatives of forested ones in Mendoza, Argentina. A linear multivariate thermal comfort model called the COMFA-tool was created and performs well (R2 = 0.86). The predictive capability of the developed tool was tested. Urban forest variables contribute up to 60% of comfort improvement. The study discusses how confusing it can be to use a solely morphological indicator in forested arid cities (i.e., H/W). Additionally, daytime thermal comfort and nighttime cooling were contrasted. The results presented lead us to think of a compromise solution in terms of designs of urban canyons. We encourage urban planners to use these design tools in order to improve the microclimate behavior of cities. Fil: Ruiz, María Angélica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Ambiente, Hábitat y Energía; Argentina Fil: Sosa, María Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Ambiente, Hábitat y Energía; Argentina Fil: Correa Cantaloube, Erica Norma. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Ambiente, Hábitat y Energía; Argentina Fil: Canton, Maria Alicia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Ambiente, Hábitat y Energía; Argentina |
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