Dual stage simulations to study the microclimatic effects of trees on thermal comfort in a residential building, Cairo, Egypt

IBPSA 2009 - International Building Performance Simulation Association 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1730-1736

  Fahmy, Mohamad ^a,b   Sharples, Stephen ^a   Eltrapolsi, Ali ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Military Technical College   (Egypt)

^c Department of Architecture   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Design builder; ENVI met; Microclimate; PMV; Solar radiation; Urban trees

Indexed keywords

CAIRO , EGYPT; COMFORT ANALYSIS; COMFORT LEVEL; DUAL STAGE; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENVI-MET; FICUS ELASTICA; INDOOR CLIMATE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MICROCLIMATE; MICROCLIMATE DATA; MICROCLIMATIC EFFECTS; PACKAGE DESIGNS; PLANNING STAGES; PMV; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; TREE PLANTINGS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SITE; URBAN TREES; WEATHER DATA;

BUILDINGS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGY; REFORESTATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; URBAN GROWTH;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84870213512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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