Evaluating the Effects of Façade Greening on Human Bioclimate in a Complex Urban Environment
Joint Authors
Jänicke, Britta
Meier, Fred
Hoelscher, Marie-Therese
Scherer, Dieter
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-05-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The evaluation of the effectiveness of countermeasures for a reduction of urban heat stress, such as façade greening, is challenging due to lacking transferability of results from one location to another.
Furthermore, complex variables such as the mean radiant temperature (Tmrt) are necessary to assess outdoor human bioclimate.
We observed Tmrt in front of a building façade in Berlin, Germany, which is half-greened while the other part is bare.
Tmrt was reduced (mean 2 K) in front of the greened compared to the bare façade.
To overcome observational shortcomings, we applied the microscale models ENVI-met, RayMan, and SOLWEIG.
We evaluated these models based on observations.
Our results show that Tmrt (MD = −1.93 K) and downward short-wave radiation (MD = 14.39 W/m2) were sufficiently simulated in contrast to upward short-wave and long-wave radiation.
Finally, we compare the simulated reduction of Tmrt with the observed one in front of the façade greening, showing that the models were not able to simulate the effects of façade greening with the applied settings.
Our results reveal that façade greening contributes only slightly to a reduction of heat stress in front of building façades.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jänicke, Britta& Meier, Fred& Hoelscher, Marie-Therese& Scherer, Dieter. 2015. Evaluating the Effects of Façade Greening on Human Bioclimate in a Complex Urban Environment. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052810
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jänicke, Britta…[et al.]. Evaluating the Effects of Façade Greening on Human Bioclimate in a Complex Urban Environment. Advances in Meteorology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052810
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jänicke, Britta& Meier, Fred& Hoelscher, Marie-Therese& Scherer, Dieter. Evaluating the Effects of Façade Greening on Human Bioclimate in a Complex Urban Environment. Advances in Meteorology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052810
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1052810