Effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies in an urban square: A numerical modelling and experimental investigation

Effect of urban morphology on air pollution distribution in high-density urban blocks based on mobile monitoring and machine learning

(2022) Chenyu Huang et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Urban block configuration and the impact on energy consumption: A case study of sinuous morphology

(2022) Sundus Shareef et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Solar Access Assessment in Semi-Arid Urban Context: An Application Study for Ten Urban Forms of Existing Apartment Buildings Districts in Batna City, Algeria

(2022) Chafik Mahaya et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Diurnal Selective Radiative Cooling Impact in Mitigating Urban Heat Island Effect

(2022) Jaafar Younes et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Space-time estimation of the urban heat island in Rome (Italy): Overall assessment and effects on the energy performance of buildings

(2022) Gabriele Battista et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Effects of shading and composition on green roof media temperature and moisture

(2021) Michael A. Bollman et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Experimental investigation about the adoption of high reflectance materials on the envelope cladding on a scaled street canyon

(2021) Gabriele Battista et al.   ENERGY

Urban Heat Island associated with Land Use/Land Cover and climate variations in Melbourne, Australia

(2021) Nurul Syahira Mohammad Harmay et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Vegetation in different street orientations of aspect ratio (H/W 1:1) to mitigate UHI and reduce buildings’ energy in arid climate

(2020) Amir Aboelata   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Surface Radiation Balance of Urban Materials and Their Impact on Air Temperature of an Urban Canyon in Lisbon, Portugal

(2020) Márcia Matias et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

Urban Heat Island Mitigation Strategies: Experimental and Numerical Analysis of a University Campus in Rome (Italy)

(2020) Gabriele Battista et al.   Sustainability

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

(2020) Jeff Fahed et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

A multi-stage optimization of pedestrian level wind environment and thermal comfort with lift-up design in ideal urban canyons

(2019) Yaxing Du et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Assessment of urban overheating mitigation strategies in a square in Rome, Italy

(2019) Gabriele Battista et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Climatic performance of urban textures: Analysis tools for a Mediterranean urban context

(2019) Agnese Salvati et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Urban heat island impacts on building energy consumption: A review of approaches and findings

(2019) Xiaoma Li et al.   ENERGY

Performance of Retro-Reflective Building Envelope Materials with Fixed Glass Beads

(2019) Jihui Yuan et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

Local climate zone ventilation and urban land surface temperatures: Towards a performance-based and wind-sensitive planning proposal in megacities

(2019) Jun Yang et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

High albedo materials to counteract heat waves in cities: An assessment of meteorology, buildings energy needs and pedestrian thermal comfort

(2019) Serena Falasca et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Prediction of pollution dispersion under urban heat island circulation for different atmospheric stratification

(2019) Yasser Abbassi et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Impact of urban heat island on energy demand in buildings: Local climate zones in Nanjing

(2019) Xiaoshan Yang et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

On the relation between urban climate and energy performance of buildings. A three-years experience in Rome, Italy

(2018) Michele Zinzi et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Experimental investigation on the influence of evaporative cooling of permeable pavements on outdoor thermal environment

(2018) Junsong Wang et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Impact of shortwave multiple reflections in an urban street canyon on building thermal energy demands

(2018) A. Vallati et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Interaction between urban heat island and urban pollution island during summer in Berlin

(2018) Huidong Li et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Retroreflective materials for building’s façades: Experimental characterization and numerical simulations

(2018) Luca Mauri et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

The influence of the spatial characteristics of urban green space on the urban heat island effect in Suzhou Industrial Park

(2018) Xiang Dong Xiao et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Regulating Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure: assessment of Urban Heat Island effect mitigation in the municipality of Rome, Italy

(2018) Federica Marando et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Spatial and temporal analysis of urban heat island and global warming on residential thermal comfort and cooling energy in Taiwan

(2017) Ruey-Lung Hwang et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Relating microclimate, human thermal comfort and health during heat waves: An analysis of heat island mitigation strategies through a case study in an urban outdoor environment

(2017) Ferdinando Salata et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Urban grid forms as a strategy for reducing heat island effects in arid cities

(2017) María Belén Sosa et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Outdoor thermal comfort in the Mediterranean area. A transversal study in Rome, Italy

(2016) Ferdinando Salata et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Simulating the effects of cool roof and PCM (phase change materials) based roof to mitigate UHI (urban heat island) in prominent US cities

(2016) Kibria K. Roman et al.   ENERGY

Energy savings in buildings or UHI mitigation? Comparison between green roofs and cool roofs

(2016) V. Costanzo et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Thermal impact of a redeveloped area on localized urban microclimate: A case study in Rome

(2016) Gabriele Battista et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Urban heat island and thermal comfort conditions at micro-climate scale in a tropical planned city

(2016) Adeb Qaid et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Influences of land cover types, meteorological conditions, anthropogenic heat and urban area on surface urban heat island in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration

(2016) Hongyu Du et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An analysis of the urban heat island of Venice mainland

(2015) F. Peron et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

The role of nutrition and genetics as key determinants of the positive height trend

(2014) P. Grasgruber et al.   Economics & Human Biology

Studying the effect of “cool” coatings in street urban canyons and its potential as a heat island mitigation technique

(2014) Ch. Georgakis et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Modeling urban heat islands in heterogeneous land surface and its correlation with impervious surface area by using night-time ASTER satellite data in highly urbanizing city, Delhi-India

(2013) Javed Mallick et al.   ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH

Modeling the influence of open water surfaces on the summertime temperature and thermal comfort in the city

(2013) N. E. Theeuwes et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Investigation of green roof thermal performance in temperate climate: A case study of an experimental building in Florianópolis city, Southern Brazil

(2011) S. Parizotto et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Urban and rural mortality rates during heat waves in Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany

(2011) Katharina M.A. Gabriel et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

An investigation of urban heat island intensity (UHII) as an indicator of urban heating

(2009) Rizwan Ahmed Memon et al.   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH