Urban Microclimate, Outdoor Thermal Comfort, and Socio-Economic Mapping

Urban planners, architects, and building engineers are challenged to better implement urban microclimate conditions into their designs and urban masterplans in order to increase the outdoor comfort levels of urban agglomerations. Various urban planning and urban design theorists have highlighted the role of microclimate and comfort as a prerequisite for successful places.

This research introduces a novel workflow that couples the “local climate zone” (LCZ) classification system, which is mainly used in urban climatology, and an urban microclimate assessment tool (ENVI-met), which simulates the hourly thermal index of urban spaces.

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Work Title Urban Microclimate, Outdoor Thermal Comfort, and Socio-Economic Mapping
Subtitle A case study of two U.S. high-density cities
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Open Access
Creators
  1. Farzad Hashemi
  2. Ute Poerschke
  3. Lisa Iulo
  4. Guangqing Chi
Keyword
  1. Urban microclimate simulation
  2. Outdoor thermal comfort (OTC)
  3. Socioeconomic data
  4. GIS mapping
License CC BY-NC 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial)
Work Type Poster
Acknowledgments
  1. This project is funded by the 2020-21 Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) Seed Grant Program. Also, the authors would like to thank the Hamer Center for Community Design for making the systems and software available.
Publication Date September 23, 2021
Source
  1. Fall 2021 Stuckeman Research Open House
Deposited February 23, 2022

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  • Created

    February 23, 2022 09:32 by qum7

  • Updated Acknowledgments Show Changes

    February 23, 2022 09:33 by qum7

    Acknowledgments
    • This project is funded by the 2020-21 Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) Seed Grant Program. Also, the authors would like to thank the Hamer Center for Community Design for making the systems and software available.
  • Added Creator Farzad Hashemi

    February 23, 2022 09:33 by qum7

  • Added Creator Ute Poerschke

    February 23, 2022 09:33 by qum7

  • Added Creator Lisa Iulo

    February 23, 2022 09:33 by qum7

  • Added Creator Guangqing Chi

    February 23, 2022 09:33 by qum7

  • Added Urban Hashemi.pdf

    February 23, 2022 09:33 by qum7

  • Updated License Show Changes

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    License
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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    February 23, 2022 09:34 by qum7

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    March 22, 2022 16:18 by [unknown user]