Urban physics simulation for climate change adaptation of buildings and urban areas

Bert Blocken; T. van Hooff; Y. Toparlar; C.B. Gromke; Hamid Montazeri; Wendy Janssen

doi:10.1201/9780429402296-22

Urban physics simulation for climate change adaptation of buildings and urban areas

Bert Blocken
, T. van Hooff
, Y. Toparlar
, C.B. Gromke
, Hamid Montazeri
, Wendy Janssen

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the simulation of urban thermal microclimate with a focus on heat waves in urban areas, the simulation of overheating of buildings and the effects of adaptation measures to limit temperatures in buildings and urban areas during heat waves. The spatial scales are the meteorological microscale (neighborhood scale) and the building scale; the methods are computational fluid dynamics and building energy simulation. Adaptation measures investigated at the neighborhood scale are avenue trees, green facades and green roofs; adaptation measures at the building scale are increased thermal resistance, increased thermal mass, increased short-wave reflectivity of facades and roofs, peak ventilation, vegetated roofs and exterior solar shading.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Building performance simulation for design and operation
Subtitle of host publication	Expanded Second Edition
Editors	J.L.M. Hensen, R. Lamberts
Place of Publication	Abingdon
Publisher	Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter	22
Pages	723-765
Number of pages	43
Edition	Expanded 2nd
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-429-40299-6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-138-39219-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429402296-22
Publication status	Published - 2019

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SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Building energy simulation
Climate change
Climate change adaptation
Computational fluid dynamics
Heat waves
Urban heat island effect
Urban physics
Vegetation

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Blocken, B., van Hooff, T., Toparlar, Y., Gromke, C. B., Montazeri, H., & Janssen, W. (2019). Urban physics simulation for climate change adaptation of buildings and urban areas. In J. L. M. Hensen, & R. Lamberts (Eds.), Building performance simulation for design and operation: Expanded Second Edition (Expanded 2nd ed., pp. 723-765). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429402296-22

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Blocken B, van Hooff T, Toparlar Y, Gromke CB, Montazeri H, Janssen W. Urban physics simulation for climate change adaptation of buildings and urban areas. In Hensen JLM, Lamberts R, editors, Building performance simulation for design and operation: Expanded Second Edition. Expanded 2nd ed. Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 2019. p. 723-765 doi: 10.1201/9780429402296-22

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