Improving Outdoor Thermal Comfort in a Steppe Climate: Effect of Water and Trees in an Urban Park by Saeid Teshnehdel, Elisa Gatto, Dongying Li, Robert D. Brown

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Analysis of Urban Greening Scenarios for Improving Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Neighbourhoods of Lecce (Southern Italy) by Elisa Gatto, Fabio Ippolito, Gennaro Rispoli, Oliver Savio Carlo, Jose Luis Santiago, Eeva Aarrevaara, Rohinton Emmanuel, Riccardo Buccolieri

“…Field campaigns were performed to collect greening, building geometry, and microclimate data, which were employed in numerical simulations of several greening scenarios using the Computational Fluid Dynamics-based and microclimate model ENVI-met. …”
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The Challenge in the Management of Historic Trees in Urban Environments during Climate Change: The Case of Corso Trieste (Rome, Italy) by Elisa Gatto, Riccardo Buccolieri, Leonardo Perronace, Jose Luis Santiago

“…This study carries out a quantitative analysis of the impact on microclimate (air temperature and thermal comfort) of a row of 165 historical <i>Pinus pinea</i> L. located in a central neighbourhood of Rome (Italy). …”
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A Conceptual Framework to Design Green Infrastructure: Ecosystem Services as an Opportunity for Creating Shared Value in Ground Photovoltaic Systems by Teodoro Semeraro, Roberta Aretano, Amilcare Barca, Alessandro Pomes, Cecilia Del Giudice, Elisa Gatto, Marcello Lenucci, Riccardo Buccolieri, Rohinton Emmanuel, Zhi Gao, Alessandra Scognamiglio

“…The latter is preliminarily evaluated by means of modelling simulations performed with a computational fluid dynamics and microclimate model, ENVI-met. This approach opens up a new vision of the infrastructure design of photovoltaic systems which can produce new social and economic income.…”
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Characterization of Urban Greening in a District of Lecce (Southern Italy) for the Analysis of CO₂ Storage and Air Pollutant Dispersion by Riccardo Buccolieri, Elisa Gatto, Michela Manisco, Fabio Ippolito, Jose Luis Santiago, Zhi Gao

“…Two tools were employed, i-Tree Canopy and the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) microclimate model ENVI-met. i-Tree Canopy allowed fully determining the land-cover percentage on the basis of different ground cover classes and obtaining an estimate of annual values of CO₂ storage, air pollutant removal, and economic benefits in the presence of urban greening. …”
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