Airflow modelling for building design: A designers' review

R Zhang, X Xu, K Liu, L Kong, W Wang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sustainable design is no longer an emerging debate. Data-driven urban and architectural
design faces several potential threats related to airflow modelling, including extreme wind …

Urban ventilation corridors and spatiotemporal divergence patterns of urban heat island intensity: a local climate zone perspective

Z Shi, J Yang, Y Zhang, X Xiao, JC Xia - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
Urban ventilation corridors introduce fresh air into urban interiors and improve urban
livability, while mitigating the urban heat island (UHI) effect. However, few studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Unsteady-state CFD simulations on the impacts of urban geometry on outdoor thermal comfort within idealized building arrays

G Chen, L Rong, G Zhang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated outdoor thermal comfort within 5× 5 idealized building arrays on five
consecutive days by conducting unsteady computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations …

Building envelope and the outdoor microclimate variable of vernacular houses: Analysis on the environmental elements in tropical coastal and mountain areas of …

H Hermawan, J Švajlenka - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Temperature and humidity are essential factors in analyzing a building's thermal
performance. This research presents the differences in field measurements of vernacular …

How urban morphology relates to the urban heat island effect: A multi-indicator study

B Liu, X Guo, J Jiang - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Urban morphology quantitatively expresses a city's spatial structure, internal relationships,
and physical form. It has advantages for predicting urban growth and analyzing the current …

The microclimate implications of urban form applying computer simulation: systematic literature review

G Barros Moreira de Carvalho… - Environment …, 2023 - Springer
The urbanization and expansion of cities have raised sustainability concerns and impacted
the overall quality of life. Numerous studies have explored sustainable cities with climate …

Simulation and optimization of thermal comfort in residential areas based on outdoor morphological parameters

Y Su, Z Li, Q Meng, Q Zhao, X Wu, Q Liu, Z Wu… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-density urban development is affecting the outdoor microclimate of residential areas in
an uncomfortable direction. Previous research has primarily focused on modifying local …

Multi-objective optimization of morphology for high-rise residential cluster with the regards to energy use and microclimate

W Feng, J Chen, Y Yang, W Gao, H Xing, S Yu - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban morphology significantly influences building energy consumption, solar energy
potential, and outdoor thermal microclimate. This study seeks to optimize the urban …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of typical residential block typologies and their impact on pedestrian-level microclimate in summers in Nanjing, China

M Zhang, W You, Q Qin, D Peng, Y Hu, Z Gao… - Frontiers of Architectural …, 2022 - Elsevier
The morphology of urban residential blocks in China, which is strictly affected by regulations,
can potentially improve or deteriorate microclimates. This paper first proposes a framework …

Improvement strategies for thermal comfort of a city block based on PET Simulation—A case study of Dalian, a cold-region city in China

Y Su, Q Zhao, N Zhou - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
A block is an urban construction of land surrounded by roads and its internal buildings and
environment. It is an essential element of modern cities and the most direct way to perceive …