The thermal performance of compact housing in tall buildings: an analytical examination for the retrofit of façades in the densified city centre of São Paulo

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Monica dos Santos Dolce Uzum ◽  
Joana Carla Soares Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
City Centre ◽  
São Paulo

scholarly journals COBERTURA E FACHADA VERDE:

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
Thiago Youzi Kussaba Kayano ◽  
Nuria Perez Gallardo ◽  
Bruno César dos Santos ◽  
Mauricio Sanches Duarte Silva ◽  
Rafael Perussi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Behavior ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Green Roof ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Test Cell ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Control Test ◽  
Green Façade ◽  
Green Facade

Com a busca de alternativas para melhorar o conforto ambiental em ambientes construídos, os sistemas de fachadas e tetos verdes aparecem como uma opção para melhoria, em especial, do conforto térmico. Utilizando-se de um episódio climático representativo no mês de junho de 2016, analisou-se comparativamente o comportamento térmico de uma célula de teste com fachada e teto verde e uma célula de controle para avaliação do desempenho térmico em dia crítico experimental de frio. O experimento foi realizado no Centro de Recursos Hídricos e Estudos Ambientais (CRHEA) da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), em Itirapina-SP. Os resultados indicaram que a célula de teste com fachada e teto verde possui um melhor desempenho térmico em comparação à célula de controle. Palavras-chave: desempenho térmico, episódio climático representativo, comportamento térmico, fachada verde, cobertura verde. Abstract In searching for better thermal behavior alternatives in building environments green facade systems and green roofs emerge as an improvement option, particularly in thermal comfort. Using a representative climate episode to analyze the month of June of 2016 we studied the thermal performance of a green façade and green roof test cell and a control test cell in experimental critical cold day. The experiment was made in Water Resource and Environmental Studies Center (CRHEA) of University of São Paulo (USP), in Itirapina-SP. The results indicated the green wall and green roof test cell have a better thermal performance than control test cell. Keywords: Thermal performance, climatic representative episode, thermal behavior, green façade, green cover.

Empty spaces in the crowd. Residential vacancy in São Paulo’s city centre

Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (13) ◽  
pp. 3085-3100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Nadalin ◽  
Danilo Igliori
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Central City ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
City Centre ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Econometric Methods ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The City

In the past decades, when São Paulo became the national manufacturing centre, it has experienced great population growth. Since then, many housing problems have emerged. In addition, the difficulties that inner cities face in attracting jobs and maintaining economic activities are particularly challenging. Indeed, even if many cities have successfully regenerated their central areas, the so-called inner city problem is still very much alive in the case of São Paulo. As a result although the city centre has abundant urban infrastructure it still has plenty of vacant spaces, including residential buildings. One could say that São Paulo’s city centre is characterised by a large number of empty spaces in an area that is simultaneously crowded with buildings and urban facilities. This paper intends to contribute to the empirical analysis of the determinants of vacancy rates, with a particular focus on historical city centres, using São Paulo Metropolitan Area as our case study. Our empirical analysis relies on district-level data for the years 2000 and 2010, and combines standard spatial econometric methods with hedonic modelling. Our results suggest that there are three main groups of determinants: individual buildings characteristics, mobility of households and neighbourhood quality. We find evidence that the historic central city is a distinctive submarket, needing special urban policies. Its determinants work differently when compared with the housing markets of other areas across the city.

scholarly journals SIMULATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF VEGETATION ON MICROCLIMATE AND THERMAL COMFORT IN THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Spangenberg ◽  
Paula Shinzato ◽  
Erik Johansson ◽  
Denise Duarte
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Street Canyon ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
City Centre ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Mean Radiant Temperature ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Radiant Temperature ◽  
The City

The microclimates of a park, a square and a street canyon were measured on a summer day in the city centre of São Paulo, Brazil. The field monitoring showed that the park was up to 2°C cooler than the square and the canyon. The effect of adding shading trees to the street canyon was simulated for the same day using the numerical model ENVI-met. The simulations showed that incorporating street trees in the urban canyon had a limited cooling effect on the air temperature (up to 1.1°C), but led to a significant cooling of the street surface (up to 12°C) as well as a great reduction of the mean radiant temperature at pedestrian height (up to 24°C). Although the trees lowered the wind speed up to 45% of the maximum values, the thermal comfort was improved considerably as the physiologically equivalent temperature (PET) was reduced by up to 12°C.

scholarly journals Cast-in-place concrete walls: thermal comfort evaluation of one-storey housing in São Paulo State

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
H. M. Sacht ◽  
J. A. Rossignolo ◽  
C. Bueno
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Thickness Variation ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Minimum Level ◽  
Concrete Walls ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
São Paulo State ◽  
Housing Typology

This paper presents a proposal of thermal performance evaluation of a one-storey housing typology (TI24A) executed by CDHU - Companhia de Desenvolvimento Habitacional e Urbano do Estado de São Paulo, considering the use of cast-in-place monolithic panels of concrete, with different thicknesses panels (8, 10 and 12 cm) and density between 1600 and 2400 kg/m³. In this study, the specific purpose was discussing the influence of the characteristic of concrete walls on the housing thermal performance without slab. Was defined of first parameters of study (definition of the one-storey housing typology, survey about housing users behavior and cities choose) and executed computational simulation (winter and summer), for four São Paulo State cities (São Paulo, São Carlos, Santos e Presidente Prudente), with the software Arquitrop 3.0 in a one-storey housing. Was observed that in winter and summer the typologies analyzed, the panels thickness variation had more influence about results than different concrete densities. The minimum level of thermal performance (M) in winter has been granted for some cities, with exception of Santos. In summer one of São Paulo city’s typology was attended the minimum level of thermal performance in agreement with standard “NBR 15575 Residential buildings up to five storied - Performance, Part 1: General requirements”.

Seasonal Variation of Suicide in the City of São Paulo, Brazil, 1996–2010

Crisis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Hideki Bando ◽  
Fernando Madalena Volpe
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Seasonal Patterns ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Health Statistics ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
June July ◽  
The City ◽  
Over Time

Background: In light of the few reports from intertropical latitudes and their conflicting results, we aimed to replicate and update the investigation of seasonal patterns of suicide occurrences in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: Data relating to male and female suicides were extracted from the Mortality Information Enhancement Program (PRO-AIM), the official health statistics of the municipality of São Paulo. Seasonality was assessed by studying distribution of suicides over time using cosinor analyses. Results: There were 6,916 registered suicides (76.7% men), with an average of 39.0 ± 7.0 observed suicides per month. For the total sample and for both sexes, cosinor analysis estimated a significant seasonal pattern. For the total sample and for males suicide peaked in November (late spring) with a trough in May–June (late autumn). For females, the estimated peak occurred in January, and the trough in June–July. Conclusions: A seasonal pattern of suicides was found for both males and females, peaking in spring/summer and dipping in fall/winter. The scarcity of reports from intertropical latitudes warrants promoting more studies in this area.

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