Solar access assessment in dense urban environments: the effect of intersections in an urban canyon

The urban canyon model has been recurrently used as a basis for many solar access studies. However, its conception as endless structures disregards the effect of street intersections, despite being characteristic elements of urban fabrics. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of street discontinui...

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Autores: García Nevado, Elena|||0000-0002-8411-3453, Pagès Ramon, Anna|||0000-0003-3507-8492, Coch Roura, Helena|||0000-0001-9524-8057
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/97046
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/97046
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en9100796
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Urban morphology -- Mediterranian Region
Solar radiation -- Mediterranian Region
City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Mediterranian Region
Urban morphology
Solar access
Direct radiation
Street intersections
Mediterranean environment
Radiació solar -- Mediterrània, Regió
Morfologia urbana -- Mediterrània, Regió
Urbanisme -- Aspectes ambientals -- Mediterrània, Regió
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia solar tèrmica::Radiació solar
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura::Arquitectura sostenible
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spelling Solar access assessment in dense urban environments: the effect of intersections in an urban canyonGarcía Nevado, Elena|||0000-0002-8411-3453Pagès Ramon, Anna|||0000-0003-3507-8492Coch Roura, Helena|||0000-0001-9524-8057Urban morphology -- Mediterranian RegionSolar radiation -- Mediterranian RegionCity planning -- Environmental aspects -- Mediterranian RegionUrban morphologySolar accessDirect radiationStreet intersectionsMediterranean environmentRadiació solar -- Mediterrània, RegióMorfologia urbana -- Mediterrània, RegióUrbanisme -- Aspectes ambientals -- Mediterrània, RegióÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia solar tèrmica::Radiació solarÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura::Arquitectura sostenibleThe urban canyon model has been recurrently used as a basis for many solar access studies. However, its conception as endless structures disregards the effect of street intersections, despite being characteristic elements of urban fabrics. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of street discontinuities on solar access over building façades. The potential of crossings to increase the available radiation has been assessed through computer simulations in dense urban environments in a Mediterranean location. For the cases studied, results show that local effects of an intersection almost disappear beyond a speci¿c distance for each aspect ratio, which can be helpful to determine the suitable level of detail for solar analyses at an urban fabric scale.20162016-10-0620162016-11-22journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/97046https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en9100796reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/970462026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Solar access assessment in dense urban environments: the effect of intersections in an urban canyon
title Solar access assessment in dense urban environments: the effect of intersections in an urban canyon
spellingShingle Solar access assessment in dense urban environments: the effect of intersections in an urban canyon
García Nevado, Elena|||0000-0002-8411-3453
Urban morphology -- Mediterranian Region
Solar radiation -- Mediterranian Region
City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Mediterranian Region
Urban morphology
Solar access
Direct radiation
Street intersections
Mediterranean environment
Radiació solar -- Mediterrània, Regió
Morfologia urbana -- Mediterrània, Regió
Urbanisme -- Aspectes ambientals -- Mediterrània, Regió
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia solar tèrmica::Radiació solar
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura::Arquitectura sostenible
title_short Solar access assessment in dense urban environments: the effect of intersections in an urban canyon
title_full Solar access assessment in dense urban environments: the effect of intersections in an urban canyon
title_fullStr Solar access assessment in dense urban environments: the effect of intersections in an urban canyon
title_full_unstemmed Solar access assessment in dense urban environments: the effect of intersections in an urban canyon
title_sort Solar access assessment in dense urban environments: the effect of intersections in an urban canyon
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García Nevado, Elena|||0000-0002-8411-3453
Pagès Ramon, Anna|||0000-0003-3507-8492
Coch Roura, Helena|||0000-0001-9524-8057
author García Nevado, Elena|||0000-0002-8411-3453
author_facet García Nevado, Elena|||0000-0002-8411-3453
Pagès Ramon, Anna|||0000-0003-3507-8492
Coch Roura, Helena|||0000-0001-9524-8057
author_role author
author2 Pagès Ramon, Anna|||0000-0003-3507-8492
Coch Roura, Helena|||0000-0001-9524-8057
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Urban morphology -- Mediterranian Region
Solar radiation -- Mediterranian Region
City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Mediterranian Region
Urban morphology
Solar access
Direct radiation
Street intersections
Mediterranean environment
Radiació solar -- Mediterrània, Regió
Morfologia urbana -- Mediterrània, Regió
Urbanisme -- Aspectes ambientals -- Mediterrània, Regió
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia solar tèrmica::Radiació solar
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura::Arquitectura sostenible
topic Urban morphology -- Mediterranian Region
Solar radiation -- Mediterranian Region
City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Mediterranian Region
Urban morphology
Solar access
Direct radiation
Street intersections
Mediterranean environment
Radiació solar -- Mediterrània, Regió
Morfologia urbana -- Mediterrània, Regió
Urbanisme -- Aspectes ambientals -- Mediterrània, Regió
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia solar tèrmica::Radiació solar
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura::Arquitectura sostenible
description The urban canyon model has been recurrently used as a basis for many solar access studies. However, its conception as endless structures disregards the effect of street intersections, despite being characteristic elements of urban fabrics. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of street discontinuities on solar access over building façades. The potential of crossings to increase the available radiation has been assessed through computer simulations in dense urban environments in a Mediterranean location. For the cases studied, results show that local effects of an intersection almost disappear beyond a speci¿c distance for each aspect ratio, which can be helpful to determine the suitable level of detail for solar analyses at an urban fabric scale.
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