Study on optimum design for mitigating outdoor thermal environment within residential estate in summer

Abstract

In this study, we investigate the influencing factors to the outdoor thermal environment within residential estate in summer using the coupled simulation method based on CFD analysis. To begin with, the effects of arrangements of buildings and open spaces are evaluated As the results, it is clarified that we have to plan the arrangement of buildings and open spaces, which eases the inflow of windward cool air, for forming the road of wind within residential estate. In the latter part of this paper, we carried out the optimum design for the mad of wind using the method based on Genetic Algorithm coupled with the outdoor CFD analysis.