INCIHUSA   20883
INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS, SOCIALES Y AMBIENTALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
SOLAR OBSTRUCTION ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR DENSELY FORESTED URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
Autor/es:
ALEJANDRO MESA; MARIELA ARBOIT; CARLOS DE ROSA
Revista:
ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE REVIEW
Editorial:
Earthscan
Referencias:
Lugar: Sydney, Australia; Año: 2010
ISSN:
0003-8628
Resumen:
Cities display an array of microclimates closely related to the composition of their surfaces and the relationships among their
structures. The effect of the shadow cast by a high-rise building is a simple case of this situation. The incidence of the shadow
on other buildings or urban spaces can be positive or negative, according to the bioclimatic requirements of the place and season.
The understanding of the cause of these effects is key information that helps when planning new urban complexes or
refurbishing existing ones. In climates with high space heating demands, precise assessment of the available solar resource
is of vital importance. In order to cope with this requirement, a predictivemethodology based on the processing of digital images
of the sectors to be analysed has been developed. Although there are other computational methods available for this task, they
are not adequate to the assessed areas features, because of the relevant incidence of urban forest in this case.