2021
DOI: 10.3390/su13020468
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Correlating the Sky View Factor with the Pedestrian Thermal Environment in a Hot Arid University Campus Plaza

Abstract: In hot, arid regions on university campuses, students are more vulnerable to heat stresses than in street canyons in terms of function; however, the knowledge of the impact of built environments on thermal performance is still lacking. In two summer and winter days, the shading effect of the existing urban trees pattern in a university campus in Egypt was examined to correlate their Sky View Factor (SVF) with the thermal environment, meteorology, Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET), and Universal Therma… Show more

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“…Despite the differences between tree arrangements, locations, and sizes, the simulation result findings provide support that vegetation could extensively enhance human comfort in outdoor spaces, through shade provision and the evapotranspiration effect [30,32,36]. This was clearly witnessed at 11:00 and 16:00 in all scenarios; however, at night, the PET records were the best under the no-vegetation scenario.…”
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confidence: 66%
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“…Despite the differences between tree arrangements, locations, and sizes, the simulation result findings provide support that vegetation could extensively enhance human comfort in outdoor spaces, through shade provision and the evapotranspiration effect [30,32,36]. This was clearly witnessed at 11:00 and 16:00 in all scenarios; however, at night, the PET records were the best under the no-vegetation scenario.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 66%
“…The outcome of the simulation and the measurement day was statistically compared, using correlational analysis involving the R 2 , RMSE, and IA metrics. The results showed good agreement between measured parameters and ENVI-met simulation outputs, regarding air temperature and humidity, as with [32,37]; however, the insignificant calculation of the wind speed parameter was considered unreliable. This finding is similar to that of Elwy et al [19], and could be attributed to the non-windy site conditions and the atypical extreme heatwave on the measuring day.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 68%
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