scholarly journals Kinetic Solar Envelope: Performance Assessment of a Shape Memory Alloy-Based Autoreactive Façade System for Urban Heat Island Mitigation in Athens, Greece

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Christina Koukelli ◽  
Alejandro Prieto ◽  
Serdar Asut
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
External Energy ◽  
Data Interchange ◽  
Urban Heat

The paper explores the potentials of shape memory alloys (SMAs) for the design of autoreactive façade systems without using additional external energy. The exploration is conducted and assessed through the design of a façade concept for the city of Athens in Greece, aiming to improve both the indoor and outdoor environment by means of a kinetic autoreactive system featuring a dual-seasonal function, with a focus on the building’s direct and indirect impact on the urban heat island (UHI) effect. The paper covers a demonstration of the methodology followed, using a feedback-loop logic informed by environmental and energy performance evaluation studies in Grasshopper to optimize the geometry and movement of the shading component. During the façade design process, a comprehensive and systematic computational toolset is being developed, targeted on the abovementioned performance evaluation studies. Through the development and assessment of the façade concept, the objective is to explore the potentials and limitations for the application of autoreactive envelopes in the façade design. At the same time, the aim is to exploit the possibilities and optimization potentials offered through the developed iterative computational workflows, by showcasing the methodology and interoperability logic of the digital tools used for the data interchange.

scholarly journals Hacia un modelo dinámico para la isla de calor urbana de Madrid = Towards a Dynamic Model for the Urban Heat Island of Madrid.

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Núñez Peiró ◽  
Emilia Román López ◽  
Carmen Sánchez-Guevara Sánchez ◽  
Francisco Javier Neila González
Keyword(s):  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Predictive Model ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat ◽  
Weather Stations ◽  
Energy Simulations ◽  
The City

Resumen Esta investigación se enmarca dentro del proyecto MODIFICA (modelo predictivo - Edificios - Isla de Calor Urbano), financiado por el Programa de I + D + i Orientada a los Retos de la sociedad 'Retos Investigación' de 2013. Está dirigido a desarrollar un modelo predictivo de eficiencia energética para viviendas, bajo el efecto de isla de calor urbano (AUS) con el fin de ponerla en práctica en la evaluación de la demanda de energía real y el consumo en las viviendas. A pesar de los grandes avances que se han logrado durante los últimos años en el rendimiento energético de edificios, los archivos de tiempo utilizados en la construcción de simulaciones de energía se derivan generalmente de estaciones meteorológicas situadas en las afueras de la ciudad. Por lo tanto, el efecto de la Isla de Calor Urbano (ICU) no se considera en estos cálculos, lo que implica una importante falta de precisión. Centrado en explorar cómo incluir los fenómenos ICU, el presente trabajo recopila y analiza la dinámica por hora de la temperatura en diferentes lugares dentro de la ciudad de Madrid. Abstract This research is framed within the project MODIFICA (Predictive model - Buildings - Urban Heat Island), funded by Programa de I+D+i orientada a los retos de la sociedad 'Retos Investigación' 2013. It is aimed at developing a predictive model for dwelling energy performance under the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect in order to implement it in the evaluation of real energy demand and consumption in dwellings. Despite great advances on building energy performance have been achieved during the last years, weather files used in building energy simulations are usually derived from weather stations placed in the outskirts of the city. Hence, Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is not considered in this calculations, which implies an important lack of accuracy. Focused on exploring how to include the UHI phenomena, the present paper compiles and analyses the hourly dynamics of temperature in different locations within the city of Madrid. 

scholarly journals Assessment of the Urban Heat Island Impact on Building Energy Performance at District Level with the EUReCA Platform

Climate ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Pierdonato Romano ◽  
Enrico Prataviera ◽  
Laura Carnieletto ◽  
Jacopo Vivian ◽  
Michele Zinzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Urban Heat

In recent decades, the cooling energy demand in urban areas is increasing ever faster due to the global warming and the growth of developing economies. In this perspective, the urban building energy modelling community is focusing its research activities on innovative tools and policy actions to improve cities’ sustainability. This work aims to present a novel module of the EUReCA (Energy Urban Resistance Capacitance Approach) platform for evaluating the effects of the interaction between district’s buildings in the cooling season. EUReCA predicts the urban energy demand using a bottom-up approach and low computational resources. The new module allows us to evaluate the mutual shading between buildings and the urban heat island effects, and it is well integrated with the calculation of the energy demand of buildings. The analysis was carried out considering a real case study in Padua (Italy). Results show that the urban heat island causes an average increase of 2.2 °C in the external air temperature mainly caused by the waste heat rejected from cooling systems. This involves an increase in urban cooling energy and electricity demand, which can be affected between 6 and 8%. The latter is the most affected by the urban heat island (UHI), due to the degradation it causes on the HVAC systems’ efficiency.

scholarly journals Leftover Spaces for the Mitigation of Urban Heat Island in Municipal Beirut

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noushig Kaloustian ◽  
David Aouad ◽  
Gabriele Battista ◽  
Michele Zinzi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Thermal Conditions ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Urban Vegetation ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
Urban Heat ◽  
Neighborhood Scale

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) is one of the more serious consequences of urbanization resulting in impacts on thermal comfort levels, heat stress, and even mortality. For Municipal Beirut, implementation of “cool” surface materials and green spaces have been recommended to counterbalance the UHI. This paper builds on previous findings on the topic of non-constructible parcels within the district of Bachoura in Municipal Beirut and examines the possibility of implementing “cool” surface or paving materials and urban vegetation which can improve thermal conditions especially during the summer period and with the viewto project the positive findings of this case study to the entire Municipal Beirut area. A numerical analysis using ENVI-met 4.0 investigates the thermal performance of these non-constructibles further to implementation of high reflective surfaces and urban vegetation within a broad neighborhood scale in Bachoura. Results show reductions in ambient temperatures up to 1K on a summer day.. Within the framework of an integrated approach to planning, this form of urban acupuncture aims for substantial UHI reduction. Energy performance of buildings further to implementation of these mitigation measures is also recommended for future studies and to validate the findings in this paper.

scholarly journals Urban Heat Island Mitigation Strategies: Experimental and Numerical Analysis of a University Campus in Rome (Italy)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 7971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Battista ◽  
Luca Evangelisti ◽  
Claudia Guattari ◽  
Emanuele De Lieto Vollaro ◽  
Roberto De Lieto Vollaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Local Overheating ◽  
Urban Heat

The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is strictly related to climate changes and urban development. During summer, in urban areas, the lack of green zones and water sources causes local overheating, with discomfort and negative effects on buildings’ energy performance. Starting from this, an experimental and numerical investigating of the climatic conditions in a university area in Rome was achieved, also assessing the occurrence of the UHI phenomenon. The analyzed area was recently renewed, with solutions in contrast to each other: on one side, an old building was re-designed aiming at high performance; on the other hand, the neighboring areas were also refurbished leading to large paved surfaces, characterized by high temperatures during summer. A calibrated numerical model was generated through ENVI-met software and eight different scenarios were compared, to mitigate the overheating of this area and to analyze the influences of the proposed solutions in terms of air temperature reduction. The analysis of this case study provides information on potential mitigation solutions in the urban environment, showing that goals and priorities in the design phase should concern not only buildings but also external areas, also considering university areas.

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