EVALUATE THE EFFECT of URBAN SPACES ELEMENTS on THERMAL COMFORT for HUMANS

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1 ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEER, MODERN ACADEMY, EGYPT, CAIRO

2 architectur, engineer, modern academy , egypt , cairo

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The elements of space have an important role in the formation of thermal comfort within the urban space and the formation of a visual image of it. Therefore, the study aims to determine the elements of urban space and the effect of each element on thermal comfort and the formation of an appropriate thermal image for it using various practical experiments, in addition to studying the role of trees in thermal performance and creating conditions A suitable climate for it and knowing the best raw materials for use within the urban space, and this study relied on the use of the experimental method by conducting an experiment in the city of Alexandria (Muhammad Naguib Square) to find out the effect of the different materials used in the voids on their thermal performance.
The experimental phase was carried out using Design builder, a simulation engine that uses Energy Plus, and many passive cooling solutions were tested in the reference building through testing the types of materials for glass and walls proposed to be used, through which appropriate thermal and visual comfort can be achieved in the urban space, The cooling energy used in the reference building can be reduced by 60%.
Furthermore, the study demonstrates the potential of the design options examined by calculating the amount of thermal comfort that each alternative might achieve.
Thermal and visual comfort are two types of human comfort, and urban space features play a significant part in the production of thermal and visual comfort within the city.
The researchers used realistic experiments to evaluate the elements of urban space and their effects on human thermal and visual comfort, with the goal of determining the best materials that help deliver the greatest outcomes for thermal and optical comfort in a vacuum.
The design building programmer with the energy plus simulation engine was used to examine the capacity of the materials used and compare them to the new materials recommended to be used to increase the thermal comfort in the research area.Mohamed Naguib Square in Alexandria was chosen as a study area

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