Urban Weather Generator - a Novel Workflow for Integrating Urban Heat Island Effect within Urban Design Process

It is well known that local urban heat island (UHI) effects impact the urban environment from a public health standpoint and with regards to heating and pooling energy used by buildings. Unfortunately, neither urban planners and designers nor energy consultants currently have quantitative tools or m...

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Main Authors: Bueno, Bruno (Author), Nakano, Aiko (Contributor), Norford, Leslie Keith (Contributor), Reinhart, Christoph (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Building Performance Simulation Association, 2017-05-09T15:28:13Z.
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