Solar Performance Metrics in Urban Planning: A Review and Taxonomy
Metrics are instrumental in design assessments. Solar performance metrics help designers to evaluate solar access in cities. Metrics should be used early in the urban planning stages in order to enable sustainable urban development with greater access to solar energy. Currently, solar assessments at...
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| description | Metrics are instrumental in design assessments. Solar performance metrics help designers to evaluate solar access in cities. Metrics should be used early in the urban planning stages in order to enable sustainable urban development with greater access to solar energy. Currently, solar assessments at this design stage are limited in practice; established methods or routines are lacking, and so are suitable metrics. This paper reviews the relevant literature to provide a critical overview of solar metrics commonly used in building performance assessments. The review defines key metric formulation principles—valuation, time constraint, and normalisation—which should be considered when designing a performance indicator. A new taxonomy of solar performance metrics is provided. Metric definitions, suitability, and limitations are discussed. The findings highlight the need for reliable, low-complexity metrics and adequate methods for early solar assessments for urban planning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5fad8efbee2d4aa4b7de1acac8e32d5f2023-12-01T01:00:45ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092022-03-0112439310.3390/buildings12040393Solar Performance Metrics in Urban Planning: A Review and TaxonomyAgnieszka Czachura0Jouri Kanters1Niko Gentile2Maria Wall3Division of Energy and Building Design, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, SwedenDivision of Energy and Building Design, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, SwedenDivision of Energy and Building Design, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, SwedenDivision of Energy and Building Design, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, SwedenMetrics are instrumental in design assessments. Solar performance metrics help designers to evaluate solar access in cities. Metrics should be used early in the urban planning stages in order to enable sustainable urban development with greater access to solar energy. Currently, solar assessments at this design stage are limited in practice; established methods or routines are lacking, and so are suitable metrics. This paper reviews the relevant literature to provide a critical overview of solar metrics commonly used in building performance assessments. The review defines key metric formulation principles—valuation, time constraint, and normalisation—which should be considered when designing a performance indicator. A new taxonomy of solar performance metrics is provided. Metric definitions, suitability, and limitations are discussed. The findings highlight the need for reliable, low-complexity metrics and adequate methods for early solar assessments for urban planning.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/4/393solar accessdaylight accesspassive solaractive solarurban planningtaxonomy |
| spellingShingle | Agnieszka Czachura Jouri Kanters Niko Gentile Maria Wall Solar Performance Metrics in Urban Planning: A Review and Taxonomy Buildings solar access daylight access passive solar active solar urban planning taxonomy |
| title | Solar Performance Metrics in Urban Planning: A Review and Taxonomy |
| title_full | Solar Performance Metrics in Urban Planning: A Review and Taxonomy |
| title_fullStr | Solar Performance Metrics in Urban Planning: A Review and Taxonomy |
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| title_short | Solar Performance Metrics in Urban Planning: A Review and Taxonomy |
| title_sort | solar performance metrics in urban planning a review and taxonomy |
| topic | solar access daylight access passive solar active solar urban planning taxonomy |
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