Quantifying the impact of urban microclimate in detailed urban building energy simulations

Abstract

The study focuses on the development and illustration of the interactions between urban microclimate and district scale building simulation through a micro co-simulation approach. A zonal microclimatic model developed to serve the needs of the district scale is coupled with an Urban Building Energy Model aiming a twofold objective: enhancement of the boundary conditions and adaptation of the built environment to heat island mitigation measures. The proposed coupling strategy is analysed and presented through a case study of a street canyon. The initial outcomes exhibit deviations between the standalone and the coupled models.