The purpose of this paper is to investigate the contribution urban morphology formation microclimatic conditions prevailing within outdoor spaces. We studied compact form a city and examined, at detailed, street plan level, elements related air temperature, ventilation, individual’s thermal comfort. All examined are directly affected by both availability open green field study took place in typ...

Courtyards are an effective passive strategy for improving the energy performance of buildings. However, there is a lack accurate simulation tools their thermal due to complex thermodynamics. This paper’s contribution coupling CFD model with system differential equations at walls, governing surface and inner wall temperatures, providing computation courtyard performance. On this basis, boundary...

The unilateral development of built environments in cities leads to imbalances climatic conditions and micro-climates, followed by indicators such as thermal comfort. Researchers identified the effect urban morphology’s geometry, shape, orientation, mass-space combination on climate change. Also, influential role greenspaces enhancing comfort has been studied. Some results show that strengtheni...

As áreas vegetadas se caracterizam como atenuadoras do conforto ambiental nos centros urbanos, proporcionando ambientes para lazer e descanso, contribuindo a estabilidade emocional o psicológico dos habitantes, promovendo serviços ambientais, redução da erosão, economia de energia com sombreamento, controle poluição sonora atmosférica, retenção água no solo, aumento umidade relativa ar canaliza...

Vegetation moderates a microclimate by casting shadows, increasing light reflection, evaporation and perspiration; and correcting wind patterns. The present study aims to investigate the microclimatic role of vegetated surfaces and bodies in improving thermal comfort in outdoor spaces between buildings. The main research question is which of the green system modes, that is, horizontal vegetatio...

Pavements are closely related to the livelihoods of urban residents as an important part road system. Based on early field measurements our team, we found that plant spacing, pavement orientation, and material influence thermal environment. Our objective was quantitatively evaluate various factors pavements in Guangzhou along West Zhonghuan Road, University. team’s previous research, environmen...