Simulation of schoolyard's microclimate and human thermal comfort under Mediterranean climate conditions: effects of trees and green structures.

D Antoniadis, N Katsoulas, C Kittas

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Article in International journal of biometeorology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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D AntoniadisDepartment of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Fytokou Str., 38446, Volos, Greece.

N KatsoulasDepartment of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Fytokou Str., 38446, Volos, Greece. nkatsoulas@uth.gr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9883-0245

C KittasDepartment of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Fytokou Str., 38446, Volos, Greece.

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Abstract

The present study explores the effects on microclimate parameters and on heat stress conditions of the bioclimatic redevelopment of an urban schoolyard based mainly on inserting shading canopies and replacing hard surfaces with green cover. This included the use of the recent version of the microclimate model ENVI-met (V4), first validated using experimental data and then later applied to different case studies in schoolgrounds of Volos, a coastal city in central Greece under Mediterranean type climate. The simulation of the existing yard condition showed that the values of the biometorological index PET (physiologically equivalent temperature, in °C), were within the range of the thermal sensation class of extreme heat stress (> 41 °C) from early morning, while at midday 80.5% of the yard area was within the range of the above class. With the implementation of the redesign proposal, 69.9% of the yard area was improved by two or three PET scale classes, helping to improve the microclimate in 82% of the total area of the courtyard. Tree canopies reduced the direct incident radiation more than 90%, reduced T

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MicroclimateSchoolsThermosensingTreesCitiesClimateGreeceHumansTemperatureBioclimatic redevelopment, thermal perceptionENVI-met V4 softwareMean radiant temperaturePETSchoolyard design

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PMID30225542

DOI10.1007/s00484-018-1612-5

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