Informing early-stage design decisions: Comprehensive spatial and temporal analyses of outdoor thermal comfort to maximise the use of schoolyards

Okasha, Reem, Bleil De Souza, Clarice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7823-1202 and Knight, Ian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4871-4016 2023. Informing early-stage design decisions: Comprehensive spatial and temporal analyses of outdoor thermal comfort to maximise the use of schoolyards. Presented at: 18th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Shanghai, China, 4-6 September 2023. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023: 18th Conference of IBPSA. pp. 501-508. 10.26868/25222708.2023.1547 Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

This paper develops a post-processing method for visualizing annual spatial and temporal variations in Outdoor Thermal Comfort (OTC) to inform the design of schoolyards. The method synthesizes hourly annual OTC simulation results into maps that are useful to design decision-making in early-stage design. These maps display areas in comfort and under moderate heat stress in schoolyards with the respective maximum number of children that can potentially be hosted in them. They are easy-to-use visualizations with metrics that are familiar to designers, enabling them to develop mitigation strategies that can maximize the use of schoolyards throughout the year.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Architecture
ISSN:	2522-2708
Funders:	Egyptian Government
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 July 2023
Date of Acceptance:	15 June 2023
Last Modified:	08 Apr 2024 11:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/160763

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