TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ii
UNDERTAKING iii
CERTIFICATE iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v
ABBREVIATIONS vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
CHAPTER-1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 2
1.2 Purpose Statement 3
1.3 Research Question 3
1.4 Research Objective 3
1.5 Limitations 3
CHAPTER-2: LITERATURE REVIEW 5
2.1 Cool Roof and Solar Reflectance Index 5
2.1.1 Solar Reflectance Index 5
2.1.2 Cool roof as a heat island mitigation measure 5
2.2 Cool roofs impact on energy consumption 7
2.3 Operational framework of ENVI-met 7
CHAPTER-3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 10
3.1 Site Selection 10
3.1.1 Built Cover Ratio (BCR) 10
3.1.2 Area of Ahmedabad 11
3.2 Modelling and Simulation Inputs 13
3.2.1 Weather Data 13
3.2.2 Wall and roof construction 15
3.2.3 Tree and Grass Selection 16
3.2.4 Soil and Road 16
3.3 Simulation outputs 16
CHAPTER-4: RESULTS 18
4.1 BCR-20:80 18
4.2 BCR-35:65 20
4.3 BCR-50:50 22
CHAPTER-5: CONCLUSION 24
REFERENCES 26
ANNEXURE 29
Annexure 1: Solar Reflectance Index Calculation 29
Annexure 2: Air Temperature obtained from each Built Cover Ratio for each SRI