Published: 2022-12-141

Urban adaptation impact on outdoor thermal comfort in educational complexes

Sarah Mohamed Jameel , Susan Abed Hassan
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum
Section: Articles
https://doi.org/10.31648/aspal.7879

Abstract

Motives: This paper investigates the urban adaptation elements (vegetation cover, water bodies, and different shading patterns) effect on the outdoor thermal comfort for pedestrians in the educational complexes.

Aims: The aim of the research is to determine the impact of urban elements on outdoor thermal comfort in an educational campus with a hot-dry climate, the city of Babylon as an example, The research methodology depends on the ENVI-met program to simulate the case study.

Results: The results showed that urban adaptation elements which are the soft components of the environment include (vegetation cover, water bodies, and different shading patterns) can reduce the temperature by about 3 degrees Celsius in addition to reducing the mean radiant temperature by 8 degrees Celsius and reducing the sky view factor (SVF) by 20%.

Keywords:

global warming, outdoor thermal comfort indices, ENVI-met, urban heat island, soft components, thermal adaptation

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Mohamed Jameel, S., & Abed Hassan, S. (2022). Urban adaptation impact on outdoor thermal comfort in educational complexes. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum, 21(4), 529–538. https://doi.org/10.31648/aspal.7879

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