Conference Editor
Jianshun Zhang; Edward Bogucz; Cliff Davidson; Elizabeth Krietmeyer
Keywords:
Urban Canopy Model, Urban Heat Island, Building Envelope, Roof Albedo, Urban Canyon, Thermochromic materials.
Location
Syracuse, NY
Event Website
http://ibpc2018.org/
Start Date
25-9-2018 1:30 PM
End Date
25-9-2018 3:00 PM
Description
Recent trends in urbanization processes are causing serious threats at both local and global environmental scale. Greenhouse gas emissions, heat waves, and the heat island effect are constantly growing in intensity and produce increasing discomfort and health impacts in urban populations. In this context, the building sector is currently developing advanced and adaptive materials for building envelope and paving surface applications characterized by high energy performance and low embodied energy. Most of these innovative materials are firstly analysed at the component scale by means of laboratory investigations, while their effect on the built environment is generally assessed at a later stage, by means of advanced computer simulations in buildings and urban microclimate monitoring or modelling. In this context, this work focuses on the evaluation of the UHI modulation potential of materials with advanced dynamic optical properties, i.e. variable surface albedo, for surface urban canyon applications. Specifically, the Princeton Urban Canopy Model (PUCM) is applied with the aim of investigating the potential of advanced urban roofing material to modulate the urban heat island. The aim is to minimize the heat island in the summer but to let it develop in the winter, using roofing applications characterized by a dynamic temperature-dependent optical behavior. In particular, the effect of thermochromic materials on local energy transport phenomena is assessed and benchmarked against more common cool roof solutions. Results show that the modified UCM can effectively be implemented to represent temperaturedependent albedo variations. Additionally, this study demonstrates that using thermochromic materials produces a smart optical response to local environmental stimuli and allows enhanced short wave solar reflection in summer conditions, reduced reflected solar fraction in winter, and adaptive properties during transition periods.
Recommended Citation
Fabiani, Claudia; Pisello, Anna Laura; Bou-Zeid, Elie; and Yang, Jiachuan, "Using advanced Urban Canopy Models to investigate the potential of thermochromic materials as urban heat island mitigation strategies" (2018). International Building Physics Conference 2018. 5.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14305/ibpc.2018.gb-3.05
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Using advanced Urban Canopy Models to investigate the potential of thermochromic materials as urban heat island mitigation strategies
Syracuse, NY
Recent trends in urbanization processes are causing serious threats at both local and global environmental scale. Greenhouse gas emissions, heat waves, and the heat island effect are constantly growing in intensity and produce increasing discomfort and health impacts in urban populations. In this context, the building sector is currently developing advanced and adaptive materials for building envelope and paving surface applications characterized by high energy performance and low embodied energy. Most of these innovative materials are firstly analysed at the component scale by means of laboratory investigations, while their effect on the built environment is generally assessed at a later stage, by means of advanced computer simulations in buildings and urban microclimate monitoring or modelling. In this context, this work focuses on the evaluation of the UHI modulation potential of materials with advanced dynamic optical properties, i.e. variable surface albedo, for surface urban canyon applications. Specifically, the Princeton Urban Canopy Model (PUCM) is applied with the aim of investigating the potential of advanced urban roofing material to modulate the urban heat island. The aim is to minimize the heat island in the summer but to let it develop in the winter, using roofing applications characterized by a dynamic temperature-dependent optical behavior. In particular, the effect of thermochromic materials on local energy transport phenomena is assessed and benchmarked against more common cool roof solutions. Results show that the modified UCM can effectively be implemented to represent temperaturedependent albedo variations. Additionally, this study demonstrates that using thermochromic materials produces a smart optical response to local environmental stimuli and allows enhanced short wave solar reflection in summer conditions, reduced reflected solar fraction in winter, and adaptive properties during transition periods.
https://surface.syr.edu/ibpc/2018/GB3/5
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