The focus of this project is the investigation of the effects of direct urban context, i.e the urban microclimate on the energy efficiency of a building. The goal is to link the standards of urban planning with the architecture. These are the different parameters of buildings and urban planning , as the road height-to-width ratio , the sun orientation, building envelope geometry , material properties , glazing , etc. , are studied , the interactions between the emerging micro climate, the thermal conditions in the interior to be able to determine the resulting heating or cooling energy requirements of a typical urban building . The final aim of this study is to provide urban planners and architects directives and decision-support tools which allows the optimization of renewable energy in the early planning stages.
Duration: 01.12.2007 - 31.07.2011
Contact: J.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Fazia Ali-Toudert
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This project is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG.
Link: http://www.dfg.de/gepris