IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v31y2006i7p1011-1023.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Design guidelines for appropriate insolation of urban squares

Author

Listed:
  • Yezioro, A.
  • Capeluto, Isaac G.
  • Shaviv, E.

Abstract

A systematic study of building design around urban squares, while keeping the solar rights, is presented. The assessment was carried out both visually and quantitatively using the model SHADING (Solar Energy. 1994; 52-1, 27-37). The quantitative evaluation is general and allows a fast and efficient evaluation of the Geometrical Insolated Coefficient (GIC), which is the ratio between the insolated area and the total examined area. The calculation of the GIC was carried out year around for different proportions of squares and buildings heights around them. By calculating the Average GIC for Winter for each examined square, recommendations and design guidelines are derived and presented.

Suggested Citation

  • Yezioro, A. & Capeluto, Isaac G. & Shaviv, E., 2006. "Design guidelines for appropriate insolation of urban squares," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 31(7), pages 1011-1023.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:31:y:2006:i:7:p:1011-1023
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2005.05.015
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148105001503
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2005.05.015?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Keirstead, James & Jennings, Mark & Sivakumar, Aruna, 2012. "A review of urban energy system models: Approaches, challenges and opportunities," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(6), pages 3847-3866.
    2. Igor Gallay & Branislav Olah & Veronika Murtinová & Zuzana Gallayová, 2023. "Quantification of the Cooling Effect and Cooling Distance of Urban Green Spaces Based on Their Vegetation Structure and Size as a Basis for Management Tools for Mitigating Urban Climate," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-22, February.
    3. Lee, Kyung Sun & Lee, Jae Wook & Lee, Jae Seung, 2016. "Feasibility study on the relation between housing density and solar accessibility and potential uses," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 749-758.
    4. Zheming Liu & Yumeng Jin & Hong Jin, 2019. "The Effects of Different Space Forms in Residential Areas on Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Severe Cold Regions of China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-20, October.
    5. Juan Rojas-Fernández & Carmen Galán-Marín & Jorge Roa-Fernández & Carlos Rivera-Gómez, 2017. "Correlations between GIS-Based Urban Building Densification Analysis and Climate Guidelines for Mediterranean Courtyards," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-26, December.
    6. Gabriele Lobaccaro & Juan Angel Acero & Gerardo Sanchez Martinez & Ales Padro & Txomin Laburu & German Fernandez, 2019. "Effects of Orientations, Aspect Ratios, Pavement Materials and Vegetation Elements on Thermal Stress inside Typical Urban Canyons," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(19), pages 1-29, September.
    7. Košir, Mitja & Capeluto, Isaac Guedi & Krainer, Aleš & Kristl, Živa, 2014. "Solar potential in existing urban layouts—Critical overview of the existing building stock in Slovenian context," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 443-456.
    8. Gabriele Lobaccaro & Koen De Ridder & Juan Angel Acero & Hans Hooyberghs & Dirk Lauwaet & Bino Maiheu & Richa Sharma & Benjamin Govehovitch, 2021. "Applications of Models and Tools for Mesoscale and Microscale Thermal Analysis in Mid-Latitude Climate Regions—A Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-33, November.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:31:y:2006:i:7:p:1011-1023. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.