Comparing the effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies for Toronto, Canada

Y Wang, U Berardi, H Akbari - Energy and buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
Increasing awareness of the urban heat island (UHI) effect has raised attention about the
outdoor thermal comfort in cities worldwide. Several studies in the last decades have …

Evaluating the role of the albedo of material and vegetation scenarios along the urban street canyon for improving pedestrian thermal comfort outdoors

P Mohammad, S Aghlmand, A Fadaei, S Gachkar… - Urban Climate, 2021 - Elsevier
The undeniable role of urban valleys in improving pedestrian thermal comfort along the
urban streets is crucial, especially in areas with hot summers. In this research, the …

Impact of urban heat island mitigation measures on microclimate and pedestrian comfort in a dense urban district of Lebanon

J Fahed, E Kinab, S Ginestet, L Adolphe - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
The interaction between microclimate and buildings is predominant in urban areas. Thus,
the urbanization constitutes the main cause of UHI formation. During the last years, several …

Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigating strategies: A case-based comparative analysis

C O'Malley, P Piroozfar, ERP Farr, F Pomponi - Sustainable cities and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Urbanisation may have been shown to have no effect on climate change, but some
researchers suggest that cities are fully capable of responding to it. Urban Heat Islands …

The effects of street tree planting on Urban Heat Island mitigation in Montreal

Y Wang, H Akbari - Sustainable cities and society, 2016 - Elsevier
The effects of climate change and Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomena have raised the
attention for monitoring and evaluating the outdoor thermal comfort. The urban vegetation …

Mitigating the urban heat island in a residential area in Tehran: Investigating the role of vegetation, materials, and orientation of buildings

H Farhadi, M Faizi, H Sanaieian - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
The results of researches on the urban heat island (UHI) effect and global warming have
attracted more attention to the outdoor thermal comfort. This research evaluates the different …

Simulating micro-scale thermal interactions in different building environments for mitigating urban heat islands

S Chatterjee, A Khan, A Dinda, S Mithun… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Tropical cities are more susceptible to the suggested fall outs from projected global warming
scenarios as they are located in the Torrid Zone and growing at rapid rates. Therefore …

Analysis of urban heat island phenomenon and mitigation solutions evaluation for Montreal

Y Wang, H Akbari - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2016 - Elsevier
Urban climate change in cold-climate cities of Canada is an important consideration for
global climate moderation, energy consumption, citizen safety and wellbeing. Recently …

Impact of Urban Cool Island measures on outdoor climate and pedestrian comfort: Simulations for a new district of Toulouse, France

TAL Martins, L Adolphe, M Bonhomme… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2016 - Elsevier
One of the first airmail services in the world, the Aeropostale, was located at the Montaudran
airport of Toulouse, France. This landmark and its surroundings will be refurbished in the …

CityFFD–City fast fluid dynamics for urban microclimate simulations on graphics processing units

M Mortezazadeh, LL Wang, M Albettar, S Yang - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban microclimate analysis is often associated with computational fluid dynamics
simulations of urban aerodynamics and thermal conditions, air quality, heat island, humidity …