The objective of this study was to assess biothermal conditions in the selected Polish health resorts for specific forms climatic therapy. We calculated Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) ten-year period (2008- 2017) and then added adjustment terms, taking into account changes metabolic rates during various physical activities from resting vigorous exercise. adjusted UTCI values increased w...

Outdoor comfort is gaining attention in the design of our cities to face current context rising temperatures. Although simulation required inform early stage projects considering outdoor space and strategies improve their thermal performance, different tool options must be compared through monitoring determine accuracy modeling. This study analyses benefits installation a shading device courtya...

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

Over the last two decades, urban geometry has been shown to be a key determinant of microclimatic conditions in areas. This study uses Ladybug-tools, plugins Grasshopper3D optimise building heights, street widths and orientation maximise outdoor thermal comfort, represented by diurnal average Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). In hot-arid climate Cairo, Egypt, optimised parameters symmetri...

Recently, the requirements regarding environment of nursing homes are high, because elderly a vulnerable group with limited adaptive capacity to respond transient environmental change. This paper presents field investigation on influence thermal comfort changes between indoor and outdoor spaces (i.e., air temperature (Ta), solar radiation (SR), relative humidity (RH), wind speed (WS), indices U...

The study aims to develop artificial neural networks for prediction of outdoor thermal comfort using meteorological parameters as input parameters. Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) is used the target parameter. For this purpose, a total number 5088 hours field monitoring data was considered from four representative urban streets Gwalior city, India. First, linear association determined be...

The modelling of thermal exposure in outdoor urban environments is a highly topical challenge modern climate research. This paper presents the results derived from new micrometeorological model that employs an integrated biometeorology module to Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). PALM-4U, which includes human body-shape parameterization, deployed herein for pilot domain Prague, Czech Repub...

Ultra Violet (UV) parasols are a reasonable countermeasure against heat stress as they portable and inexpensive. This study compared the mitigation effect of UV parasol with that street trees dry-mist spraying on hot humid summer day in Japan. We observed meteorological elements calculated universal thermal climate index (UTCI) wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) under parasol, trees, spraying, d...

Surface characteristics play a vital role in simulations for urban bioclimatic conditions. Changing relationships and distribution patterns of sealed vegetated surfaces as well building geometry across different scales environments influence surface temperatures. Cities comprise forms, which, depending on their characteristics, enhance the heating process, increasing emergence heat islands (UHI...