| Download | - View accepted manuscript: Understanding nature based solutions (NBS) on buildings to mitigate urban heat islanding (UHI) (PDF, 3.0 MiB)
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| Author | Search for: Jandaghian, Zahra1; Search for: Hayes, Alex1; Search for: Gaur, Abhishek1; Search for: Lu, Henry1; Search for: Laouadi, Abdelaziz1; Search for: Lacasse, Michael1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Construction
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Conference | COBEE 2022, 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, July 25-29, 2022, Montreal, QC, Canada |
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| Physical description | 8 p. |
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| Subject | nature based solutions (NBS); urban heat island (UHI); increasing surface reflectivity (ISR); increasing surface greenery (ISG); buildings and urban infrastructure |
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| Abstract | Buildings contribute to the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon, but also have vast “un-used” surfaces that can be employed to incorporate innovative nature-based solutions (NBS) to mitigate UHI effects. NBS on buildings can be achieved by increasing surface reflectivity (ISR) on flat building envelop and increasing surface greenery/vegetation (ISG) on both vertical and horizontal building envelope components. This paper presents a snapshot of the current understanding of NBS and how they affect building performance, the simulations conducted to evaluate NBS and UHI effects and modeling approaches used, the primary knowledge gaps as well as the future steps needed to reduce the effects of UHI in urban agglomerations across Canada. The road map consists of; I) providing approaches to lessen the UHI influences with respect to the implications of warming/changing climate, urban canopy/landscape characteristics and building design; II) development of the best management practices (BMP) for NBS – UHI for Canadian communities; and III) guideline for the design of NBS–UHI solutions to mitigate UHI in accordance with Canadian design climatic load. |
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| Publication date | 2022-07-25 |
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| Publisher | The Conference |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NRC number | NRCC-CONST-56601E |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | ee4cac57-feeb-453e-9a02-554fbdf9810f |
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| Record created | 2022-09-20 |
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| Record modified | 2022-09-20 |
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