with the wind permanent flow in the cities, obtaining the minimal pollution in the environment is accessible. different policies have been considered for optimization of cities such as attachment and or reduction of building parts like air-traps, ceiling forms and so on. due to population growth in cities and the increasing need for resettlement these people in the cities, inevitably, to the hi...

growing tendency for urbanization and rapid development of the cities has resulted in urban neighborhoods obstructing the access of each other to the natural sources e.g. solar energy, natural ventilation. sunlight as the main part of input energy in urban energy balance equation and natural lighting is of vital importance. this paper attempts to achieve an optimum morphology for residential bl...

Mandaue is a crucial city in Cebu island, Philippines as it links other large metropolises and highly industrialized. The occurrence of urban heat island (UHI) was already confirmed by previous study. In this paper, we aim to determine how UHI could be improved mitigations including increasing vegetation, adding open spaces, employing green roofs and/or combination thereof. ENVI-met software ut...