Relationship between mean radiant temperature and building type for pedestrians in rotterdam

Qun Dai, Marc Aurel Schnabel*

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Abstract

Outdoor thermal comfort for pedestrians becomes important issues in urban planning affecting everyone's daily lives. Mean Radiant Temperature (T mrt) is one of the most important parameters in micro climate. In this study, we built a computerised model with variable and typical building types. Then a radiation model SOLWEIG was used to simulate pavements' T mrt spatial variations. We analysed and discussed the simulation results by comparing different building types. We used RayMan to find some relationship between thermal comfort index PET or PMV. Our finding can act as a reference for architects and planners to make design decisions on quantifying the thermal comfort in specific urban environment and their building types.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGlobal Design and Local Materialization - 15th International Conference, CAAD Futures 2013, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages306-314
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783642389733
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event15th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Futures, CAAD Futures 2013 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 3 Jul 20135 Jul 2013

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume369 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Futures, CAAD Futures 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period3/07/135/07/13

Keywords

  • pedestrians
  • spatial variations
  • thermal comfort index

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