Assessment of universal thermal climateindex in the central business district (CBD) of Ahmedabad (Softcopy is also available)
Goyal, Nishchay (PBE20226)
Assessment of universal thermal climateindex in the central business district (CBD) of Ahmedabad (Softcopy is also available) - 2022 - vi,34p.
Contents
1 Introduction 3
1.1 Background 3
1.2 Purpose statement 3
1.3 Research question 3
1.4 Research objective 3
2 Literature review 4
2.1 Selection of suitable comfort model to access outdoor thermal comfort. 4
2.2 Validation Of the Assessment of Urban Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Its Practical Application ......................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Workflow and Simulation tool for modelling outdoor thermal comfort, UTCI. 5
2.4 Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) 6
2.5 UTCI Elements 7
2.6 Urban Weather Generator 8
3 Research methodology 9
3.1 Data gathering 10
3.2 Site selection 10
4 Procedure 10
4.1 Morphing Weather files: Urban Weather Generator (UWG) 11
4.2 Future Weather files 12
4.3 Urban Building Energy Model 12
4.3.1 Steps 12
4.3.2 3D Model: Shape file generation 13
4.3.3 Energy Model 15
5 Validation of simulation model 16
6 Results 17
6.1 UTCI: Category 21
7 Conclusion 25
7.1 Limitation 26
7.2 Future scope 26
8 Annexure 26
8.1 Script 26
8.1.1 Urban Weather Generator 26
8.1.2 UTCI 27
8.2 References 29
MBEP TH-0068 / GOY
Assessment of universal thermal climateindex in the central business district (CBD) of Ahmedabad (Softcopy is also available) - 2022 - vi,34p.
Contents
1 Introduction 3
1.1 Background 3
1.2 Purpose statement 3
1.3 Research question 3
1.4 Research objective 3
2 Literature review 4
2.1 Selection of suitable comfort model to access outdoor thermal comfort. 4
2.2 Validation Of the Assessment of Urban Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Its Practical Application ......................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Workflow and Simulation tool for modelling outdoor thermal comfort, UTCI. 5
2.4 Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) 6
2.5 UTCI Elements 7
2.6 Urban Weather Generator 8
3 Research methodology 9
3.1 Data gathering 10
3.2 Site selection 10
4 Procedure 10
4.1 Morphing Weather files: Urban Weather Generator (UWG) 11
4.2 Future Weather files 12
4.3 Urban Building Energy Model 12
4.3.1 Steps 12
4.3.2 3D Model: Shape file generation 13
4.3.3 Energy Model 15
5 Validation of simulation model 16
6 Results 17
6.1 UTCI: Category 21
7 Conclusion 25
7.1 Limitation 26
7.2 Future scope 26
8 Annexure 26
8.1 Script 26
8.1.1 Urban Weather Generator 26
8.1.2 UTCI 27
8.2 References 29
MBEP TH-0068 / GOY