Nature 4 Cities: Nature-Based Solutions And Climate Resilient Urban Simulation with Greenpass® Tool And On Site Validation. A Case Study In Segrate/Milano/IT
Year: 2020
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Beyond doubt, climate-sensitive urban planning and architecture have to be considered in urban development and retrofitting process, to counteract to current urban challenges, like climate change adaptation, water management, air pollution and many more. In line with that, the municipality of Segrate and cities all over the world need an easy-to-use, fact-based and in planning processes integrable decision support regarding urban challenges, to apply climate-resilient urban planning and architecture and to finally achieve a higher quality of life for current and future conditions. Microclimate simulations exist since more than 20 years but are very complex and scientific systems to use in daily practical world of urban planning and architecture. The innovative GREENPASS® technology combines first time (ENVI-met) microclimatic simulation and evaluation analysis with complex numerical resources and cost calculations in a standardized and transparent way – applicable by common architects and urban planners. It provides the relevant information for decision making in planning processes regarding the urban challenges: climate, water, air, biodiversity, energy and cost. The easy-to-use software tool allows to compare different designs for one urban development areas, moreover, comparison of different projects based on the unique set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for planning, evaluation, optimization and certification of projects (Kraus et al. 2019, Scharf 2018). For the Case Study areas, a selected set of KPIs got applied, including following meaningful indicators: TCS (Thermal Comfort Score), PET (Physiological Equivalent Temperature - Thermal performance), AT (Air temperature), RH (Relative humidity) and WF (Wind flow). The results show potential thermal outdoor hot spots within the areas, will give information about the human temperature behaviour and the wind flow of the areas. The final output are easily understandable thermal image maps and meaningful scores, shown by extracted results for the thermal performance of the areas.
Institutions: R2M Solution (Italy), University of Pavia
Language: English
Topic: Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4245724894