Airflow modelling for building design: A designers' review

R Zhang, X Xu, K Liu, L Kong, W Wang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sustainable design is no longer an emerging debate. Data-driven urban and architectural
design faces several potential threats related to airflow modelling, including extreme wind …

Review on pollutant dispersion in urban areas-part A: Effects of mechanical factors and urban morphology

Z Li, T Ming, S Liu, C Peng, R de Richter, W Li… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities are facing significant challenges due to low outdoor air quality. Hence, a growing
number of studies have been conducted to develop strategies for improving air quality. This …

Enhancement of city breathability with half open spaces in ideal urban street canyons

CY Wen, YH Juan, AS Yang - Building and Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
The design guidelines for assessing the wind environment at the pedestrian level have
become increasingly important in urban planning over the past few decades. The purpose of …

Effects of height-asymmetric street canyon configurations on outdoor air temperature and air quality

Z Li, H Zhang, CY Wen, AS Yang, YH Juan - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effects of height-asymmetric street canyon configurations on air
temperature and air quality at the pedestrian level using the ANSYS Fluent® software. The …

Numerical simulation of cooling effect of vegetation enhancement in a subtropical urban park

AS Yang, YH Juan, CY Wen, CJ Chang - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Vegetation covers in urban parks are very useful for providing a cool microclimate which
mitigates urban heat islands (UHIs). The objectives of this investigation are to therefore …

Optimization procedures for enhancement of city breathability using arcade design in a realistic high-rise urban area

YH Juan, AS Yang, CY Wen, YT Lee, PC Wang - Building and Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Concern of city breathability has increased in recent project planning activities. Most
previous studies in the literature have demonstrated that it is possible to improve urban …

[HTML][HTML] Transformation of buildings and urban spaces to adapt for future mobility: A systematic literature review

SJ Park, JH Kim, MJ Maing, JH Ahn, YG Kim, NH Ham… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
The development of smart cities has led to transforming modern city operations by applying
emerging technologies from the fourth industrial revolution such as the Internet of Things …

A combined framework of integrating optimized half-open spaces into buildings and an application to a realistic case study on urban ventilation and air pollutant …

YH Juan, CY Wen, Z Li, AS Yang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The project planning activities of urban air quality and breathability have increasingly
become the noticed issues around the world in recent times. In this study, the incorporation …

[HTML][HTML] Research on Wind Environment Simulation in Five Types of “Gray Spaces” in Traditional Jiangnan Gardens, China

H Chen, Z Tan, P Sun - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
“Gray space”, also known as transitional space, focuses on the connection and transition
between indoor and outdoor spaces in architecture. With its unique diversity of forms and …

[PDF][PDF] Influence of grass lawns on the summer thermal environment and microclimate of heritage sites: a case study of Fuling mausoleum, China

X Wang, P Liu, G Xu - Heritage Science, 2021 - Springer
The thermal environment and microclimate of heritage sites has been severely impacted by
rapid urbanization. This study collected various meteorological measurement data as a …