The role of neighborhood morphology in enhancing thermal comfort and resident’s satisfaction
The unilateral development of built environments in cities leads to imbalances in climatic conditions and micro-climates, followed by indicators such as thermal comfort. Researchers identified the effect of urban morphology’s geometry, shape, orientation, and mass-space combination on climate change...
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| description | The unilateral development of built environments in cities leads to imbalances in climatic conditions and micro-climates, followed by indicators such as thermal comfort. Researchers identified the effect of urban morphology’s geometry, shape, orientation, and mass-space combination on climate change. Also, the influential role of urban greenspaces in enhancing thermal comfort has been studied. Some results show that strengthening urban greenspaces, regardless of the orientation and proportions of the surrounding space, in some cases can prevent the proper circulation of airflow and adverse effects on thermal comfort. In this research, 10 models of neighborhoods in Tehran (the capital of Iran) were studied based on numerical calculation methods and CFD simulations. These simulations are performed by ENVI-met software, which is well-known software in this field. This study investigates which pattern and geometry in the composition of these spaces, with a constant fraction of the building, green spots, and water and paths, could better enhance thermal comfort. The results show that patterns with non-linear structure and a mass of porous spaces in which green spots are scattered have the best results in enhancing thermal comfort. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-845a994c9f31456d96e1686e8f2d1eb72023-02-21T05:12:25ZengElsevierEnergy Reports2352-48472022-11-01890469056The role of neighborhood morphology in enhancing thermal comfort and resident’s satisfactionSahar Ahmadi0Mansour Yeganeh1Mohammadreza Baradaran Motie2Azin Gilandoust3Department Architecture, Architectural design, modeling and fabrication lab. Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal AleAhmad, Nasr, P.O.Box: 14115-111, Tehran, Iran; Department Architecture, Digital Architecture and Artificial Intelligence lab. Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal AleAhmad, Nasr, P.O.Box: 14115-111, Tehran, IranCorresponding author.; Department Architecture, Architectural design, modeling and fabrication lab. Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal AleAhmad, Nasr, P.O.Box: 14115-111, Tehran, Iran; Department Architecture, Digital Architecture and Artificial Intelligence lab. Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal AleAhmad, Nasr, P.O.Box: 14115-111, Tehran, IranDepartment Architecture, Architectural design, modeling and fabrication lab. Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal AleAhmad, Nasr, P.O.Box: 14115-111, Tehran, Iran; Department Architecture, Digital Architecture and Artificial Intelligence lab. Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal AleAhmad, Nasr, P.O.Box: 14115-111, Tehran, IranDepartment Architecture, Architectural design, modeling and fabrication lab. Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal AleAhmad, Nasr, P.O.Box: 14115-111, Tehran, Iran; Department Architecture, Digital Architecture and Artificial Intelligence lab. Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal AleAhmad, Nasr, P.O.Box: 14115-111, Tehran, IranThe unilateral development of built environments in cities leads to imbalances in climatic conditions and micro-climates, followed by indicators such as thermal comfort. Researchers identified the effect of urban morphology’s geometry, shape, orientation, and mass-space combination on climate change. Also, the influential role of urban greenspaces in enhancing thermal comfort has been studied. Some results show that strengthening urban greenspaces, regardless of the orientation and proportions of the surrounding space, in some cases can prevent the proper circulation of airflow and adverse effects on thermal comfort. In this research, 10 models of neighborhoods in Tehran (the capital of Iran) were studied based on numerical calculation methods and CFD simulations. These simulations are performed by ENVI-met software, which is well-known software in this field. This study investigates which pattern and geometry in the composition of these spaces, with a constant fraction of the building, green spots, and water and paths, could better enhance thermal comfort. The results show that patterns with non-linear structure and a mass of porous spaces in which green spots are scattered have the best results in enhancing thermal comfort.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484722013063Residential neighborhoodThermal comfortUrban greeneryENVI-metGreen infrastructure |
| spellingShingle | Sahar Ahmadi Mansour Yeganeh Mohammadreza Baradaran Motie Azin Gilandoust The role of neighborhood morphology in enhancing thermal comfort and resident’s satisfaction Energy Reports Residential neighborhood Thermal comfort Urban greenery ENVI-met Green infrastructure |
| title | The role of neighborhood morphology in enhancing thermal comfort and resident’s satisfaction |
| title_full | The role of neighborhood morphology in enhancing thermal comfort and resident’s satisfaction |
| title_fullStr | The role of neighborhood morphology in enhancing thermal comfort and resident’s satisfaction |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of neighborhood morphology in enhancing thermal comfort and resident’s satisfaction |
| title_short | The role of neighborhood morphology in enhancing thermal comfort and resident’s satisfaction |
| title_sort | role of neighborhood morphology in enhancing thermal comfort and resident s satisfaction |
| topic | Residential neighborhood Thermal comfort Urban greenery ENVI-met Green infrastructure |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484722013063 |
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